Miss Marple is coming back in September 2022

Posted on August 31, 2021 at 9:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On the day after Mary Shelley’s birthday, we hesitate to say it’s a shame that we can’t reanimate authors. So...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Mystery, Short story, The Guardian, Women in literature

Why are knitters drawn to cozy mysteries?

Posted on June 22, 2021 at 2:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve noticed a few commonalities among bookworms, as we’ve built our Facebook community. Most of us love pets — slight...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Just for fun, Mystery

A successful mystery novel contains these five features

Posted on May 23, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Melodie Campbell, as an author of mob-heist novels and a past executive director of Crime Writers of Canada, is quite...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Mystery, Plot / narrative

The essential pieces of a mystery novel

Posted on May 15, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

At its simplest, a mystery novel is a puzzle. But as Zara Altair points out, there are certain features to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Plot / narrative, Zara Altair

The final Inspector Montalbano mystery comes out this fall

Posted on May 7, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We have a release date for the final Inspector Montalbano novel. Author Andrea Camilleri, who died in July 2019, had...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literature in translation, Mystery, The Bookseller

Congrats to the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe award winners!

Posted on April 30, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Mystery Writers of America announced the winners for the annual Edgar Allan Poe awards, which honor the best mystery...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Mystery

What to consider about your crime novel's setting

Posted on April 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Setting may not be the first issue a writer thinks about when it comes to working on a crime novel....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Setting, Thriller, Writer's Digest

Author Q&A: Jolie Tunnell

Posted on April 22, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Historical cozy mystery author Jolie Tunnell’s photo and website URL.

Today we're interviewing Jolie Tunnell, who writes historical cozy mysteries.

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, Mystery

Agatha Christie's house is for sale

Posted on April 20, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The house where Agatha Christie lived for over forty years — and wrote some of her most famous crime novels...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Mystery

How your novel's bad guy can also be the good guy

Posted on April 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of the advice we’ve shared in regards to writing about criminals has assumed that the criminal is the villain....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Mystery, Thriller, Writer Unboxed