POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS

Sandra Parshall   Many of us who write about murder and mayhem aren’t eager to put neat little labels on our books, and we use the all-i...

by Julia Buckley I’ve always been a Ross MacDonald fan, and until recently I was content to believe there was no one like him. MacDonald’s...

Elizabeth Zelvin As a reader and a writer, I love a mystery. But why? Do I love it for the puzzle, the slow unfolding of the clues and evide...

David Skibbins (Guest Blogger) Scratch almost any mystery writer and you'll find a voracious reader of the genre. My collection is now ...

Sandra Parshall Now, at last, I understand my urge to publish novels. It’s not a deep-seated desire to communicate. It’s not a need to purge...

Sandra Parshall T.S. Eliot wrote, “The naming of cats is a difficult matter,” and as a lifelong cat-owner, I agree -- but choosing a name fo...

JULIA BUCKLEY I have memories of my mother, fortyish, wandering into a room where we children lolled about watching television, and hesitati...

Judy Clemens (Guest Blogger) Growing up, I was not a kid who sat down and read through every Nancy Drew book. In fact, I don’t think I read...