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“3 Reasons a Good Mystery Is as Good as High-Lit” by Lawrence Light
The author of a series of crime novels featuring financial reporter Karen Glick, Larry Light is himself a writer and editor for CBS MoneyWatch. His award-winning journalism career includes work for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week, and other … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Readers, Story, Writing
Tagged book recommendations, Criticism, fiction, genre, high literature, literary criticism, literature, mystery, reading, reading list, review
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A New True-Crime Department for EQMM and Some Reflections on Converging Fields
Yesterday, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s new web-only column Stranger Than Fiction went live on our website. Written by award-winning Canadian author and journalist Dean Jobb, the new department explores the true-crime field through reviews of true-crime books and occasional articles … Continue reading
Posted in Ellery Queen, Magazine, Police Procedurals, Real Crime, Stranger Than Fiction
Tagged column, forensic, procedural, real crime, review, reviews, true crime
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“Ten Days’ Wonder” (1948) by Ellery Queen (review by Arthur Vidro)
As I mentioned when he last blogged for this site, in January of this year, in addition to being a freelance editor and a writer of short stories (two can be found on EQMM’s website and blog), Arthur Vidro is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Criticism, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Guest, review
Tagged crime, detective, ellery queen, fiction, literature, mystery, review
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“The Last of the Kingdom of Romance: 90 years since the publication of The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes” (by R.T. Raichev)
2017 marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of the last book of Sherlock Holmes adventures. In honor of the occasion, R.T. Raichev, a lifelong fan of English crime fiction, gives his assessment of the stories in that volume, entitled The Case-Book … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Criticism, Fiction, Guest, History, Holmesian
Tagged conan doyle, detective, holmes, literature, mystery, review, sherlock, short story
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