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81Discover Andrea Camilleri, and enter mysterious Sicily
Take an idiosyncratic police Inspector, surround him with quirky good guys and bad guys, place them in a funny yet sad Sicily, add Camilleri's way with words and out come an engaging Montalbano mystery. That...
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69The Mystery at Bouchercon
Where do murderers, victims, thieves, cops, suspects, and private detectives meet, eat and party together? Once a year they all get together at Bouchercon. Bouchercon is the biggest and oldest mystery book...
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81Bibliotherapy, reading as a form of self-help therapy
The mental health professionals are still figuring out something that every reader knows instinctively - reading books is a form of personal therapy. Just think of the phrases we use to describe reading:...
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71Discover Mystery Authors
Many fine writers have earned a wide audience. For each writer that has name recognition, there are many more terrific mystery writers whose names are not on the NY Time's list, but deserve to be on a mystery...
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78Discover Lee Child, the mystery writer who makes the pages turn
Lee Child writes about Jack Reacher, a larger than life hero. Despite the over the top nature of the hero, the stories, and the endings, these are suspenseful page-turners! Jack Reacher is a big man, an...
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71Books as gifts? What a great idea!
Books make great gifts for all ages. Here are some ideas for giving a gift that will be appreciated. Since mystery books are my favorites and are enjoyed by many readers, you'll find some specific...
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79Discover Donna Leon, the mystery writer who takes us to Venice
The Commissario Brunetti series is sometimes a police procedural, sometimes a whodunit, sometimes a comic opera, and occasionally plays like "Father does not know best". Brunetti has married into a privileged...
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68Discover John Dunning, the mystery writer / bookscout
For me John Dunning is a trifecta interest hit - mystery author, old time radio authority, and to make it really sweet he writes mysteries about book collecting and old time radio! A bookscout is an...
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68Discover Jon A Jackson, the mystery writer and his Fang
Fang Mulheisen is a good cop who had an even better teacher, a cop known as Grootka. Fang runs up against an out of town pro, a hit man named Joe Service, who is sometimes a little better, and stays a step...
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87Discover Laurence Shames, the mystery writer with the smiling simile
You take a New Jersey crime writer. You move him to Key West. Add too much time, too much sun and you might get a Laurence Shames. There are actually several Laurence Shames. There is the ghostwriter. There is...
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