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Top Ten Classic Mystery Novels - 3,000 Years of Puzzles

The top well known and time-honored mystery stores of all time come from Greece, France, America, England/UK, and China. The oldest dates back to 600 or 700 BC or earlier. They all are read and viewed on film or in stage productions around the world.

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British Mystery Writers--3 of the Best

Mysteries are one of the most enduring forms of popular literature. And British mystery writers have been, and continue to be, a dominant force. It's hard to define exactly what it is that makes them stand out but most readers of mysteries will tell you that Briish mystery books have a special appeal

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How to Write a Detective Story

Detective stories are puzzles to be pieced together and reveal the bigger pictures. Unlike a jigsaw puzzle, the big picture shouldn’t become clear until the very last piece is placed. The reader eagerly...

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3 top women mystery writers

Women mystery writers have really come into their own in the past 20-25 years. 3 of the top women mystery writers are Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Faye Kellerman.

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I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason

Attorney Erle Stanley Gardner of Southern California never attended law school. He studied on his own and passed the state bar exam, but this is not the only time that this task has been accomplished..

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Discover 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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One of the Best Southern Mystery Book Writers

 Sharyn McCrumb is one of the best writers of mysteries laid in the South.  She is the author of several series, but two of her best are the Elizabeth MacPherson series and the Ballad series. Elizabeth...

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Discover 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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Discover 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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Books for the writer in you

            Are you in love with writing mysteries? Maybe you like the suspense mysteries with a twist?  Maybe a bit of a horror bug lives within you?  How about detective mysteries and detective...

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