Monthly Archives: October 2022

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Continuing the Story

Brook and Sarah discuss the different ways an author’s world is continued after they stop creating it. We discuss Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sue Grafton Dorothy L. Sayers Ian Fleming Anthony Horowitz Lee Child Agatha Christie Sophie Hannah Moneypenny Diaries series by Samantha Weinberg Young Bond series by Charlie Higson […]

Locked Room Mysteries (part 2)

Jane Kalmes, The Fiction Technician, joins Brook and Sarah to break down locked room mysteries and their solutions. Please note: This episode contains spoilers of two episodes of Monk and one of Murder She Wrote. We Discuss “Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival” Monk “Death Casts a Spell” Murder She […]

Locked Room/Closed Circle Mysteries (part 1)

A group of friends on a holiday retreat. A crime nobody could have committed. Sarah and Brook discuss closed circle and locked room mysteries and the links between the two. Short stories, novels, authors, shows, and films discussed “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) Edgar Allan Poe “A Terribly […]

Authors as Sleuths

Have you ever read a mystery where the sleuth is an author? Sarah and Brook discuss mysteries with writers as the central characters. Authors, Books, and TV shows mentioned Hammett Unwritten (2013) Gordon McAlpine writing as Owen Fitzstephen Agatha Christie Series by Andrew Wilson Murder She Wrote Castle The Ghost […]