Posted on 02/19/2019 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
One of the side benefits of mystery novels and movies is the colorful vocabulary included in them. If you’ve ever...
Posted on 02/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Sometimes our author Q&A intros write themselves; other times, the entire post writes itself. When we reached out to...
Posted on 02/13/2019 at 11:21 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Many kids dream big, imagining themselves flying to Mars, running the country, or striding down the red carpet at awards...
Posted on 01/23/2019 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
We came up short yesterday in our congratulations to literary award nominees! The Mystery Writers of America announced t...
Posted on 12/20/2018 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
This week’s By The Book feature is hopefully less controversial than last week’s. Scottish crime writer Ian...
Posted on 12/20/2018 at 08:00 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
As a child, Doranna Durgin responded to commands to play outside by climbing a tree and reading or writing in its limbs....
Posted on 12/06/2018 at 01:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Authors invited or allowed to expand on someone else’s beloved fiction must ride quite the emotional roller-coaste...
Posted on 12/04/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Starz hit ratings paydirt by adapting Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, and now it's turning to mystery au...
Posted on 11/29/2018 at 12:30 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The running debate over how much weight to give an author’s life beyond his or her literary efforts has manifested...
Posted on 11/05/2018 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
It’s a dark and dreary day in Des Moines, so it seemed fitting that we stumbled upon footage of Ian Fleming’...
