PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS & LISTS
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April 2012 | February 2012
December 2011 | June 2011 | March 2011
December 2010 | June 2010 | March 2010
December 2009 | June 2009 | December 2008
20th Century Private Eyes: Ross Macdonald & Robert B. Spenser: Lew Archer & Spenser
Animal Mysteries–Human and Animal Teams
Ancient Roman Mysteries: The Detective and the Toga
Archaeological Mysteries: Digging Death
Arson–Mysteries on Fire: Arson and Firefighting
Baddest of the Bad: Crime’s Worst Criminals
Beach Mysteries: Location, Location, Location!
Chandler, Raymond–Chandler & Hammett: Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett
Christie, Agatha–Agatha & Dorothy: Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers
Crais, Robert: Elvis Cole series: Jocular Justice with Rick Riordan’s Tres Navarre series
Crafts–Killer Crafts: Mysteries involving crafts of knitting, quilting & sewing
Crime in the Great Outdoors: Park Rangers, Fish & Game & Ecological Causes.
Crime in the Pacific Northwest: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Cruise and Sailing Mysteries: Murder On Board.
Dark Night of the Soul: The Noir Mystery (Read On…Crime Fiction by Barry Trott, 2008, pp.109-111.)
Day, Dianne & Jacqueline Winspear: Reinventing Sleuths
The Detective and the Toga: Mysteries Set in Ancient Rome
Digging Death: Archaeological Mysteries
Ecclesiastical Mysteries: Priests on the Prowl & Nuns on the Run.
European Sleuths–European & African Sleuths
Ex-cops–Male Private Investigators (Ex-Cops)
Firefighting–Mysteries on Fire: Arson & Firefighting
Gardening Mysteries: By the Pricking of My Thumb…Something Wicked This Way Comes
Great Lakes Regional Mysteries: IL, IN, OH, MI, MN, WI
(Not Chicago–see separate category above.)
Hammett, Dashiell–Chandler & Hammett: Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett
Hill, Reginald–Ed McBain & Reginald Hill
Holiday Mysteries: November, December & January.
Holiday & Seasonal Mysteries: Everything else.
Investigative Reporters: Journalists
Jocular Justice–Robert Crais & Rick Riordan’s series: Elvis Cole and Tres Navarre
Journalists as Mystery Authors
Killer Crafts: Mysteries involving crafts of knitting, quilting & sewing
Killer Fiction–Psychopaths: Fiction to Die For.
Lawyers–Detecting Lawyers
Macdonald, Ross–20th Century Private Eyes: Ross Macdonald & Robert B. Spenser: Lew Archer & Spenser
Male Private Investigators (Ex-Cops)
Massachusetts Mysteries
McBain, Ed–Ed McBain & Reginald Hill
Medical Mysteries
Marcia Muller & Sara Paretsky: Socially Responsible Ladies
Mystery Authors We Should Read!
Money–Murder for Money
Murder, I wrote: Crime Stories in the First Person
Murder By Toaster: Unusual Murder Weapons.
Mysteries on Fire: Arson & Firefighters
Noir Mystery–Dark Night of the Soul: The Noir Mystery (Read On…Crime Fiction by Barry Trott, 2008, pp.109-111.)
Nuns–Ecclesiastical Mysteries: Priests on the Prowl & Nuns on the Run.
Outdoors, Crime in the Great: Park Rangers, Fish & Game & Ecological Causes.
Parker, Robert B.–20th Century Private Eyes: Ross Macdonald & Robert B. Spenser: Lew Archer & Spenser
Pacific Northwest–Crime in the Pacific Northwest: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Sara Paretsky & Marcia Muller: Socially Responsible Ladies
Police Procedurals Personified–Ed McBain & Reginald Hill
Priests–Ecclesiastical Mysteries: Priests on the Prowl & Nuns on the Run.
Private Investigators–Male Private Investigators (Ex-Cops)
Private Investigators–Women Private Investigators
Psychopaths– Killer Fiction–Psychopaths: Fiction to Die For.
Real Detectives: Historicals Featuring Real Detectives
Reinventing Sleuths: Dianne Day & Jacqueline Winspear: Fremont Jones & Maisie Dobbs
Riordan, Rick: Tres Navarre’s series: Jocular Justice with Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole series
Roman Mysteries–Ancient Roman Mysteries: The Detective and the Toga
Sayers, Dorothy L.–Agatha & Dorothy: Dorothy L. Sayers & Agatha Christie.
Scandinavian Mysteries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Seasonal & Holiday Mysteries
Scotland–Slaying Scots: Mysteries Taking Place in Scotland
Serial Killers–Killer Fiction–Psychopaths: Fiction to Die For.
Sherlock Holmes: By Arthur Conan Doyle and Others
Short Story Collections
Slaying Scots: Mysteries taking Place in Scotland
Stealing Sleuths: Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr and Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder
Thrillers: How are they different from mysteries?
Treasure Trove Mysteries
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: True Crime
Murder By Toaster: Unusual Murder Weapons.
Vicious Victorians: Murder By Gaslight
Where Done It?: Mysteries With a Strong Sense of Place
Winspear, Jacqueline & Dianne Day: Reinventing Sleuths
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