Posts Tagged: detective
For the next stop in my book tour, I’m at the fabulous Lair Sapir’s site today, with my purple-prosey short-short story, “A Date with Death.” I was channeling posing as Mickey “Quick Gun” Marlowe at the time I wrote it, so it’s not in my usual “style,” so to speak. You probably remember Laird: she’s responsible for…
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…
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. Today we’re revisiting a Master Detective from an earlier post:…
While I’m away, the intrepid, younger-than-she-looks super-spy Mrs. Pollifax makes a return visit to Masters of Mystery Monday! Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to mystery fiction. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and…
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. Today we resume our “religious” detective series (a stark…
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. This week: Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Be the…
