Historical Mysteries

08/06/2024

Much has been written about the origin of characters in fiction, and the inspiration that presses a writer to embark upon a story—perhaps a novel or short fiction, or returning to the character tim…

04/08/2024

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12/05/2023

DECEMBER -- This is it author members -- your monthly thread to promote your work. Have a sale? A new book? A cover reveal? An exciting review? THIS IS WHERE YOU POST IT.

07/12/2023

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10/02/2019

It’s no wonder that Graham Greene, a man who sampled so abundantly from life’s many offerings and made it a matter of constitutional pride never to turn down the chance of an adventure,…

10/02/2019

Happy October everyone!

Record label Caedmon Audio specialized in spoken-word recordings, pairing great literary works with great actors. They got James Mason to read the poetry of Robert Browning, multi-Oscar winner Walter Brennan to read the works of Mark Twain and Sir Laurence Olivier to read Winston Churchill.

01/21/2019

If you’re not already signed up for M. Ruth Meyers’s newsletter, it would be a very wise move to do so now. Her Maggie Sullivan series set in the 1930s and 1940s is a favorite and just keeps getting better.

At the end of Dayton’s first WWII blackout drill, a murder victim is found with private investigator Maggie Sullivan’s name and address in his pocket. Hours earlier he sat in her office asking for help – and using a different identity.

01/02/2019

Lyndsay Faye offers a surprising historical mystery that addresses America's sexism, racism and anti-immigrant white power movements in THE PARAGON HOTEL.