Entertainment
Mystery Scene
Ruth Ware
I believe at bottom we’re all unreliable narrators—whether by accident or choice,” Ruth Ware said.
9 min |
Fall #161, 2019
Mystery Scene
Fiddling With Fate
When I set book one of my Chloe Ellefson series at a living history museum where I’d once worked, an author-friend gave me this advice: Never write about real places.
2 min |
Fall #161, 2019
Mystery Scene
Alex Segura
“I like to keep readers on their toes. I like to pull the rug out from under them …”
7 min |
Fall #161, 2019
Mystery Scene
Eugen Chirovici: Forgotten Funerals & Misremembered Murders
Romanian thriller writer E.O. Chirovici’s first English language novel, The Book of Mirrors, created a publisher feeding frenzy, but the Transylvania native is no overnight success.
6 min |
Winter #148, 2017
Mystery Scene
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Landmark radio dramatizations of the entire canon, faithfully adapted.
7 min |
Holiday #147, 2016
Mystery Scene
Lee Child
It’s been more than a decade— and at least 10 books—since Jack Reacher passed from being a character in a highly successful mystery series to an easily recognizable icon of popular culture. The former Army MP who roams the US with only a toothbrush, ATM card, and passport was called “The Strongest Brand in Publishing” by Forbesmagazine in 2014.
9 min |
Holiday #147, 2016
Mystery Scene
How Sweet It Is
Joanne Fluke whips up a kitchen full of clever culinary mysteries.
10+ min |
Holiday #147, 2016
Mystery Scene
Short & Sweet
Short Stories Considered.
4 min |
Holiday #147, 2016
Mystery Scene
Belinda Bauer
Some authors spend hours staring at a computer screen, waiting for that perfect sentence to form like Venus rising from the sea. Others set up workstations at coffee houses, fast food restaurants, and parks, or sequester themselves away in a cabin.
10+ min |
Winter #148, 2017
Mystery Scene
Sounds Of Suspense
Audiobooks Reviewed
3 min |
Winter #148, 2017
Mystery Scene
What About Murder?
Reference Books Reviewed
4 min |