Posts Tagged: Jenny Hansen

   
For today’s post, I’m going off the map a bit.  Usually, I blog about things that are mystery-related or somehow deal with day-to-day life in a historical time period, especially the 19th century.  And I love those topics. However, Summer has burst forth, in all her growth, fertility, and beauty.  She’s just begging for attention…

   
  I used to picture the author’s life as a very solitary angst-ridden one.  You know, the cursed-ivory-tower with gin bottles and cigarette butts strewn on the floor. (Ok, stop laughing, I was raised on mixture of Tennyson and Beat Poetry). Imagine my delight in discovering that friendship is the key component to the writing…

   
  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. Picking up from two weeks ago when Ralph McInerny’s…