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“It Matters Who Killed Roger Ackroyd” (by Ray Bazowski)
Last week, EQMM’s March/April issue went on sale. In it is the Department of First Stories debut of Ray Bazowski. The professor of politics at Toronto’s York University had previously submitted this first work of fiction, “Mother,” under a different … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Characters, Classic Mystery, Fiction, Genre, Guest, hardboiled, History, mystery fiction, Noir, Novels, Pop Culture, Readers
Tagged classic mystery, contemporary, detective fiction, hardboiled, history, mystery, noir, readers, writing
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“This Death Called Strangeness: Some Reflections on Cornell Woolrich” (by R.T. Raichev)
R.T. Raichev, mystery scholar and author of the Antonia Darcy and Major Payne series, has written previously on this site about Agatha Christie, P.D. James, Sherlock Holmes, and others. Here, he turns his attention Cornell Woolrich—continuing the theme of last … Continue reading
2021, TWELFTH NIGHT, AND 80 YEARS
I’d intended to start this post with best wishes for Twelfth Night, which I always thought of as falling on January 6. These days I find myself checking a lot of my assumptions, however, and on consulting Wikipedia I found … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Classic Mystery, Conventions, Ellery Queen, Genre, History, Holmesian
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“Dorothy L. Sayers Reviews the Early Ellery Queen” (by Joe R. Christopher)
Dr. Joe R. Christopher is an Emeritus Professor in the English Department of Tarleton State University in Texas. He’s written scholarly books (including C. S. Lewis: A Biography), essays, reviews, and short stories (in both the mystery and science-fiction genres). … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, reviews
Tagged crime fiction, detective fiction, dorothy l. sayers, ellery queen, history, literature, reviews
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“A Love Poem to Japan” (by Francis M. Nevins)
Francis M. Nevins is one of the leading scholars of mystery fiction, having written the highly acclaimed Royal Bloodline: Ellery Queen, Author and Detective and Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die. He is also the author of six … Continue reading
Posted in Ellery Queen, Guest, History, International
Tagged corresponding, detective story, editing, ellery queen, Japan, letter, mystery fiction, writing
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“City Sagas” (by Kevin Mims)
Essayist and short-story writer Kevin Mims is a frequent contributor to this site. A popular-fiction aficionado—especially when it comes to paperbacks of the late twentieth century—he often provides insight into the intersection and development of genres. That’s certainly true of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Pop Culture, Setting, Western, Writers, Writing
Tagged cape cod, history, mystery, new england, pop culture, pop fiction, saga, western, writers, writing
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EIGHTY YEARS OF PERSEVERENCE
This week, the first issue of 2021—EQMM’s eightieth anniversary year!—will be released to the printer. It looks as if the beginning of 2021 will find the world still under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s perilous conditions have parallels … Continue reading
Posted in Ellery Queen, History, Magazine
Tagged anniversary, eqmm, history, issue, magazine, publishing
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Libby Cudmore on the Birthplace of Philo Vance
Libby Cudmore, who made her EQMM debut with the captivating tale “All Shook Down” (in the current September/October 2020 issue), is the author of The Big Rewind, a “hipster mystery” novel that Hilary Davidson called “irreverent yet intense” and Examiner.com described … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Private Eye, Writers
Tagged historical landmark, murder mystery, mystery, oneonta, philo vance, ss van dine, writers, writing
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“Don Quixote as the First Crime Novel” (by Sheila Kohler)
Sheila Kohler, who has written two previous posts here, is an acclaimed novelist and winner of the O’Henry Prize, the Open Fiction Award, the Willa Cather Prize, and the Smart Family Foundation Prize. She is the author of over a dozen … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, International, Novels
Tagged adventure, cervantes, crime, don quixote, historical, history, mystery, novel, writers, writing
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“Forgotten Women” (by Kevin Mims)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began keeping us inside, readers have been seeking alternatives to in-store browsing for their literary needs. Essayist, short-story writer, and prolific reader Kevin Mims (who has written for this blog many times on the subject of … Continue reading
Posted in Bookshops, Characters, Guest, History, Pop Culture, Story, Thrillers
Tagged bestseller, historical, history, kevin mims, mass market, paperback, pop, pop culture, pulp, thriller
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