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Tag Archives: detective
“Top Eight Jazz Pianists in Film Noir” (by Preston Lang)
Preston Lang makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (March/April 2020). The New York City writer and teacher has three novels in print and is also the author of a number of well-received short stories and plays. His short … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Noir
Tagged classic film, detective, film noir, hardboiled, noir, private eyes
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“On Attending the International Murder Games Expo” (by Martin Edwards)
Author of two highly regarded series of mystery novels and several standalone crime novels (including 2018’s critically acclaimed Gallows Court), Martin Edwards is also a short-story writer with dozens of stories in print, many of which appeared for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Magazine, Passport
Tagged china, detective, fiction, games, IMGE, martin edwards, murder games, murder mystery, mystery fiction, shanghai
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“On Sara Gran’s Claire DeWitt and the Nature of Truth in Detective Fiction” (by Chad Baker)
In the days when EQMM had a Department of Second Stories, legal-aid attorney Chad Baker would have qualified. He makes his EQMM debut in our current issue, May/June 2019, with the story “The Smoking Bandit of Lakeside Terrace.” Previously, he … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Classic Mystery, Criticism, Fiction, Genre, hardboiled, mystery fiction, Noir, Writers
Tagged classic mystery, crime fiction, dashiell hammett, detective, edgar allan poe, genre, history, mystery, raymond chandler, sara gran
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“How to Create a Sidekick” (by R.J. Koreto)
R.J. Koreto’s first fiction publication was in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in December 2015. He has since created two turn-of-the-century mystery series at novel length, one featuring aristocratic suffragist Lady Frances Ffolkes and her maid, June Mallow, the other presidential … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Historicals, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged characters, crime fiction, detective, duo, literature, mystery, readers, sidekick, sleuth, writers, writing
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“Your Shrinks Might Need to be Shrunk” (by Dennis Palumbo)
It’s been more than twenty years since Dennis Palumbo’s fiction has appeared in EQMM. In the meantime, he’s been busy with a series of novel-length thrillers featuring Daniel Rinaldi, a psychologist who consults with the Pittsburgh Police (the latest is Head Wounds, … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, detective, fiction, movies, mystery, psychology, television, thriller, writers, writing
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“I Use Sherlock Holmes’s Methods—and Triumph” (by Terence Faherty)
Terence Faherty has contributed more than two dozen stories to EQMM over the past twenty years. They range from entries in his popular Owen Keane series (whose 1990 debut novel, Deadstick, was nominated for an Edgar) to new cases for … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Guest, Holmesian
Tagged comedy, detective, humor, sherlock holmes, writers
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“Agatha Christie: Queen of Many Crimes” (by François Bloemhof)
South African thriller writer François Bloemhof’s prolific career, spanning more than twenty-five years, includes novels for adults, teenagers, and children, his most recent adult “noir” novels being 2016’s Double Echo and 2017’s Feeding Time. He has received numerous awards and is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Classic Mystery, crime, Fiction, Guest, Readers, Writers, Writing
Tagged agatha christie, crime, detective, fiction, golden age, mystery, poirot, writers, writing
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“EXIT WITH THE BODY”
In the September 1966 issue of EQMM, editor Frederic Dannay responded enthusiastically to a reader’s assertion that William Shakespeare, in his plays, anticipated the modern detective story. He included the letter in the magazine—along with his own notes—and reprinted 101 … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Classic Mystery, Ellery Queen, History, Magazine
Tagged detective, history, mystery, shakespeare, writers, writing
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“Edgar Allan” (by David Dean)
David Dean, an EQMM Readers Award winner and an Edgar nominee, has blogged for this site a couple of times before (See “The Human Condition” and “A Day in the Life of the Creative Writer”), and his evocative stories have … Continue reading
