Posts Categorized: Mystery
Please join me in welcoming fellow mystery writer Rachel Funk Heller here today! She’s going to continue the discussion on MacGuffins that we started over at her blog yesterday, with my guest post. You have to watch out for us mystery writers; when we start collaborating, you never know what kind of sinister plot mischief we’ll cook…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery, where we feature a classic detective. Today we’re turning to the Juvenile detective category, and looking at: Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Some interesting facts about Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and the series: 1. Marjorie Sharmat has written over 130 children’s books since 1969, with the most popular being…
Today, we’re considering that mystery classic: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon (1930) Of course, many of us are familiar with the 1941 film, starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. However, the background and elements of Hammett’s original novel are fascinating, and worth a closer look. Hammett’s novel is considered part of the “hard-boiled” subgenre of…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery, an ongoing series which features a fictional detective and examines his or her unique contribution to mystery fiction. This month: Ellery Queen Some interesting facts about Ellery Queen and his creators: 1. Ellery Queen is both the name of the fictional detective and the nom de plume for the writing…
Happy Friday! I am so excited to welcome Nancy Lauzon, writer of the Chick Dick Mysteries, as my guest blogger today. Nancy and I first “met” online after I posted a piece about Nancy Drew. She pointed me to several other cool resources for the Girl Detective, and we’ve been keeping up with each other…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02) has been regarded by current and contemporary Sherlockians as the best of the four Sherlock Holmes novels. Since its publication, it has been adapted dozens of times for radio, film, and television. It’s a mystery classic that I hope you’ll try! Here’s some background…
We have a real treat today for you mystery and history lovers: an exploration of one of the most famous fictional villains, Professor Moriarty. He’s the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, and bad boy of stage and screen, most recently rendered in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. It’s particularly appropriate that Victorian scholar…
It’s Fan Friday for mystery lovers, when we take a look at a favorite detective or mystery-related subject. Today’s detective: Leslie Charteris’ “The Saint” – Simon Templar Some interesting facts about Leslie Charteris and The Saint series: 1. Charteris was born to an English mother and Chinese father in Singapore in 1907. (His…
