For those of us who don’t know as much about guns as we’d like/need to, I came across an interesting post on the Make Mine Mystery blog: http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2008/12/bang.html . Here you can find [...]

I enjoy my subscription to Poets and Writers. Online, their website has a really interesting interview with four, young literary agents.  They discuss the types of material they’re looking for, problems facing beginning [...]

Here’s November’s list of best-selling mysteries from the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association: Hardcovers 1 – P.D. James, The Private Patient, Knopf 2 – Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown 3 – Donna [...]

Don’t underestimate setting as a valuable part of your mystery and serve to set the tone for the book.  Some of my favorite reads have placed murderers on virtually-inaccessible islands, in lighthouses, in [...]

Sometimes when I’m reading mysteries, I have to suspend my disbelief.  That’s okay, as long as it isn’t too long.  I want to enjoy each book I read, but sometimes that’s hard to [...]

Now, a holiday treat for anyone who’s interested in Christmas mystery reading: a list of Christmas-related mysteries, courtesy of Grave Matters. Enjoy! [...]

I came across a very insightful blog post today, that I thought I’d share.  On the Make Mine Mystery blog, there was a post by Mark Troy that included excellent suggestions on adding [...]

So you’re busily cooking up your mystery recipe, fully realizing some innocent victim or two will die as a result of tasting it.  One of the most important ingredients in your fatal stew [...]