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Strand Magazine Article: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London

August 25, 2025 Mystery Center 0

by Mark Ellis My name is Mark Ellis and I write a crime fiction series set in World War Two London. My protagonist is a Scotland Yard detective called Frank Merlin. The sixth in the series, Death Of […]

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The Killer Question — Synopsis

August 22, 2025 Mystery Center 0

Janice Hallett, hailed as “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery set during a pub’s weekly trivia night. Told through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence, this ingenious […]

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Five Novels of Existential Shipwreck

August 15, 2025 Mystery Center 0

By Peter Mann “Life in itself is always a shipwreck,” wrote the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset in 1932, as Europe grew eager to jettison liberal democracy. But Ortega was not simply a pessimist. […]

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Blogpost for The Strand “Why Historical Mysteries Still Matter”

August 14, 2025 Mystery Center 0

Nev March A recent NPR (National Public Radio) poll of over two thousand readers found that Historical Mysteries are one of the most popular genres today. Additionally, thriller/crime/mystery books top the list, with Historical Nonfiction […]

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“The Butler Did It!”: How to Write a Fun and Compelling Ensemble Mystery

August 13, 2025 Mystery Center 0

by L.S. Stratton I’ve loved a good “whodunit” ever since I saw the cult dark comedy, Clue, on television when I was six or seven years old. Of course, at that age, I couldn’t follow […]

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10 Psychological Thrillers with Shocking Family Secrets

August 13, 2025 Mystery Center 0

Claire Douglas I love reading thrillers that involve families and secrets and there are many shockers in my latest book THE WRONG SISTER. I wanted to write a thriller that poses the question ‘What would […]

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How themes sneak their way into fiction

August 13, 2025 Mystery Center 0

Tanya Scott Themes give meaning to fiction, forming the underlying insight that the story illuminates, and they pay little heed to genre boundaries. Lofty themes don’t arise only in literary fiction; a murder mystery might […]

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Romantasy, Resurrection, and the Allure of the Supernatural Lover

August 8, 2025 Mystery Center 0

Veronica Lancet There’s a scene I can’t get out of my head, even two decades later. Lestat—yes, that Lestat—portrayed by Stuart Townsend in Queen of the Damned, lounging in a Roman-style bath overflowing with rose […]

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