Posts Categorized: Fictional Detectives
Today’s Fashion Friday post comes to us from mystery author Ellen Byerrum. This lady knows her fashion, and I’m so lucky to have her here today. Ellen is the creator of the Crimes of Fashion series, featuring Lacey Smithsonian, a Washington, DC fashion reporter, where the circumstances and the solutions hinge upon fashion know-how. The…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. We leave the kid detectives this week and return to…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. We continue with our favorite kid detectives this week, with…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. I’ve just returned from a wonderful weekend at Malice…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. This week: Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Be the…
Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles Aside from Hammett’s detective Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), the husband-wife couple of The Thin Man (1934) was nearly as popular. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple Miss Marple rivals Hercule Poirot as Agatha Christie’s most famous fictional detective. An elderly spinster living in a tiny village in England called St. Mary’s Mead, Jane Marple’s primary occupations are knitting, trading gossip, and armchair detection. She first appeared in a 1927 short story, “The Tuesday Night Club.” Her…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where we feature a classic mystery, detective or author, with a pop culture emphasis. Today, we start with… *drumroll* …Sherlock Holmes! 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
