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Dead Asleep by Greg Iles Will Shock and Surprise: Message-Packed Suspense Novel a Good Read

By: Kristyn Gansen

Review of The Chicago Way: Michael Harvey's Impressive Debut Novel

By: Deborah Mack

Crime Writer Alex Gray: Scottish Detective Novels Based Around Glasgow

By: Rosemary Gemmell

Heat Wave by Richard Castle – Book Review: From the Castle TV Character Comes His First Nikki Heat Novel

By: Feature Writer Francine Brokaw

Influences on Agatha Christie's Writing: Incidents and Experiences that Shaped Christie's Novels

By: Rosemary Gemmell

Keith Ablow – The Architect: West Crosse is More Than an Architect; He is a Highly Skilled Killer

By: Caroline Trent

Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction: Individualism in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep

By: Marilyn Michaud

A Brief History of Detective Fiction: From Poe to Grisham – How to Read the Mystery Formula

By: Marilyn Michaud

Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence Beresford: The Detective Duo’s Mystery Books

By: Emily Chauviere

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The Belgian Detective’s Best Mystery Books

By: Emily Chauviere

Agatha Christie's Detectives: Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, the Beresfords, and More

By: Emily Chauviere

Walter Mosley Novel Introduces A New Character: Leonid "L.T." McGill Makes "The Long Fall" An Exceptional Read

By: Michael Irvin Arrington

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: Alan Bradley Begins New Series Featuring 11-year-old Sleuth

By: Carol Thomas

Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear: A New Maisie Dobbs Mystery

By: Sandy Mitchell

Nevada Barr's Borderline: National Park is Setting for Tale of Guilt, Redemption and Politics

By: Carol Thomas

Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins and Blue Light: A Black Raymond Chandler Who Can Write Like C. S. Lewis

By: Alistair McCulloch

Review of Red Mandarin Dress, by Qiu Xiaolong: Page-Turning Murder Mystery Set In Vibrant Shanghai

By: Paris Franz

The Long Fall by Walter Mosley: Author of Easy Rawlins' Series Introduces New Protagonist

By: Dindy Yokel

J.D. Robb's Promises in Death: Eve Dallas' Emotional Growth Highlighted Through Friendship Theme

By: Carol Thomas

J.D. Robb's In Death Series: Character Development Provides Incentive for Writing Mystery Series

By: Carol Thomas

The Dr Siri Books of Colin Cotterill: An Unlikely Detective? The Laotian National Coroner Solves the Case

By: Alistair McCulloch

Jonathan Kellerman's True Detectives: Author Creates Second Spinoff of Alex Delaware Series Characters

By: Carol Thomas

Classic Crime Fiction: Ultimate Detective Characters and Stories

By: John O'Connor

Review of the detective story - Final Moments: Emma Page's Detective Story is Dull and Characterless

By: Shalini Rajan

Brian McGilloway Interview: Acclaimed New Irish Crime-writer Discusses His Insp Devlin Novels

By: Robin Jarossi

Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre: Review of a Gruesome and Entertaining Criminal Mystery Novel

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: The Fifth of Arthur Conan Doyle's Short Story Collections

By: Erin Britton

Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow: Arthur Conan Doyle's Fourth Holmes Short Story Collection

By: Erin Britton

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle: The Fourth of the Sherlock Holmes Novels

By: Erin Britton

Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Third of the Sherlock Holmes Novels

By: Erin Britton

The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle's Third Sherlock Holmes Short Story Collection

By: Erin Britton

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle's Second Sherlock Holmes Short Story Collection

By: Erin Britton

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle's First Holmes Short Story Collection

By: Erin Britton

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle: The Second of the Sherlock Holmes Novels

By: Erin Britton

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle: The First of the Sherlock Holmes Novels

By: Erin Britton

Cross by Shamus Award Winner Ken Bruen: The Sixth Installment in the Jack Taylor Series

By: Sandra Webster

Arnaldur Indridason's Arctic Chill – Review: Detective Erlendur Returns – Bleak, Driven and Unforgettable

By: Robin Jarossi

Peak District Detective Mystery: Claws by Stephen Booth Covers Crimes on Birds of Prey in Derbyshire

By: Feature Writer Mike Gerrard

Book Review: The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne: An Australian Thriller Set in the Northern Territory

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Swan Peak by James Lee Burke: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

By: Sandy Mitchell

Murder on the Rue de Paradis by Cara Black: Another Aimee LeDuc Mystery

By: Sandy Mitchell

Strangers in Death, Creation in Death: The Two Latest Eve Dallas Mysteries by J.D. Robb

By: Sandy Mitchell

The Front by Patricia Cornwell: A Second Win Garano Murder Mystery

By: Sandy Mitchell

King of the Holly Hop by Les Roberts: A Milan Jacovich Mystery

By: Sandy Mitchell

Jonathan and Faye Kellerman: A Review of the Collective Works of a Talented Crime Writing Couple

By: Blaire Van Hecke

The Death of Dalziel: Reginald Hill 's Dalziel and Pascoe in their 22nd mystery

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

Now & Then by Robert Parker: The Latest Spenser Mystery Novel

By: Sandy Mitchell

Graham Hurley: Turnstone: A New Direction for TV documentary Producer Turned Crime Novelist

By: Feature Writer Philip Northeast

Ian Rankin's Exit Music: The End for Inspector Rebus?

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

John Harvey and Charlie Resnick: Successful British Detective Given New Life

By: Feature Writer Philip Northeast

The Naming of the Dead: Ian Rankin's New Inspector Rebus Novel

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

Sherlock Holmes and Gothic: Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles

By: Jem Bloomfield

Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night: A Review of the Classic 1930s Oxford Crime Novel

By: Jem Bloomfield

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? By Agatha Christie

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

Inspector Rebus in Hide and Seek: Hard Boiled Scottish Detective in Crime Fiction , From Ian Rankin

By: Feature Writer Philip Northeast

What Came Before He Shot Her: Review of Elizabeth George’s new crime novel

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

A Indridason: Silence of the Grave: The 2005 Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award Winner

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

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