Hard-boiled Crime

SLEUTH DRAFT #1: The Twenty Greatest Literary Detectives of All Time

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Back in January, I promised you that this spring the Three Amigos – Mystery Scholar and Film Noirist Extraordinaire Sergio Angelini, actor and Holmes Pasticher Nick Cardillo, and stagestruck Agathologist Yours Truly – would gather together and draft a list of the Twenty Best Literary Detectives of All Time!!! Well, my friends, the Game is … Continue reading SLEUTH DRAFT #1: The Twenty Greatest Literary Detectives of All Time

“. . . OF COURSE, OF COURSE”: The Deadly Percheron

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My Book Club’s recent discussion about our favorite 1940’s mysteries is the gift that keeps on giving. That our lists displayed such marvelous variety, with very few crossover titles, is a testament to our voracious reading habits and differing tastes; it may also explain why we have such trouble agreeing on what to read each … Continue reading “. . . OF COURSE, OF COURSE”: The Deadly Percheron

MORE FUN AND GAMES WITH BOOK CLUB: Five Great Mystery Debuts

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My Book Club is full of fun and fascinating people, but our collective book selections have been a decidedly mixed bag. And so last month, we took a break from these doldrums (perhaps mystery lovers should call them “humdrums”), and did something a little different: each of us shared their ten favorite mysteries from the … Continue reading MORE FUN AND GAMES WITH BOOK CLUB: Five Great Mystery Debuts

“I’ve got a little list . . . ” Part II: Ten Favorite Mysteries of the 1930’s

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Back in May, my buddies Sergio and Nick and I pooled our heads together and came up with our own three lists of the best mysteries from the Golden Age of Detection. Our method of selection was very structured: we came up with thirteen general categories (i.e., “Best wartime” “best locked room” and “best twist ending”) and … Continue reading “I’ve got a little list . . . ” Part II: Ten Favorite Mysteries of the 1930’s