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81Bibliotherapy, reading as a form of self-help therapy
by jstankevicz
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:... published 14 months ago
74Discover Donna Leon, the mystery writer who takes us to Venice
by jstankevicz
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... published 2 years ago
73The Mystery at Bouchercon
by jstankevicz
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... published 14 months ago
70Discover Lee Child, the mystery writer who makes the pages turn
by jstankevicz
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... published 2 years ago
70Discover Mystery Authors
by jstankevicz
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... published 2 years ago
69Discover Jon A Jackson, the mystery writer and his Fang
by jstankevicz
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... published 2 years ago
60Discover Laurence Shames, the mystery writer with the smiling simile
by jstankevicz
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... published 2 years ago
54Discover John Dunning, the mystery writer / bookscout
by jstankevicz
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 individual... published 2 years ago
36Discover Harold Adams, the mystery writer who stirred the dust
by jstankevicz
Carl Wilcox would be the first to tell you he was a bum. An ex-con who was homeless, a drifter, a drinker and eventually called the murder man, might earn the bum label. Harold Adams created Carl Wilcox and... published 2 years ago
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