Mystery Writers
Browse the best Mystery Writers on Kaboodle!Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery...
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Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
The mystery, like other stories, relies on believable characters, a strong narrative, and crisp prose. But it is also "a way of examining the dark side of human nature," says Writing Mysteries editor Sue Grafton. The book's 37 contributors ponder everything from brainstorming ideas to...
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Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
Have you thought of joining the ranks of the world's top mystery writers? Sue Grafton, queen of the Alphabet Mysteries (A Is for Alibi, B Is for Burglar, and so on), and co-editors Jan Burke and Barry Zeman cover everything it takes to write a successful mystery, from preparation to specialties....
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3In Memoriam...
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In Memoriam...
Laurali Rose Wright, Bunny to all who knew her, passed away early in 2001 at the age of 61. Ms. Wright was diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-1990s but continued to write almost until the very end. Her final novel, the second featuring Sergeant Edwina Henderson, was in the final stages of...
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3Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical...
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Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers
In Murder Mayhem, Dr. Doug Lyle culls the best of his popular 'The Doctor is In' QA column for the Mystery Writers of America, in which he answers medical and forensic questions from writers all over the country. Clearly organized into subjects such as 'Weapons of Death,' 'Police...
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3Who Dunnit reviews of mystery novels and...
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Who Dunnit reviews of mystery novels and their authors
Here at Who Dunnit you'll find reviews and synopses both old and new of works by famous, infamous, and new mystery writers. Each one will give you a taste of that author's abilities and expertise, allowing you a preference in setting, character and plot. You'll discover facts about each...
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3F Is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
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F Is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
One of today's hottest mystery writers is back with the latest installment in her alphabet sleuth series. This multi- layered novel explores the explosive passions that reignite questions concerning the 17-year-old murder of a promiscuous teenage girl.
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1Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel...
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Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel (Paperback)
Product Description How to write a page-turner is no mystery with this thorough and authoritative guide. Successful mystery writer Hallie Ephron's Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: -Features comprehensive instruction, exercises, and worksheets for mystery writers of all levels -Addresses...
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0Publisher of the world's leading crime...
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Publisher of the world's leading crime and mystery fiction since 1941.
Agatha Award Nominee: A Rat's Tale by Donna Andrews I had a bad feeling when the doorbell rang. Of course, I never like hearing the doorbell. I'd known for a while that someone could file a complaint with social services or the health department at any time. As soon as they stepped through...
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3Web Sites for African American Literature
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Web Sites for African American Literature
* Online Literary Criticism Collection * What2Read * Afro-American Almanac * African American Women Writers of the 19th century New York Public Library Digital Library Collection. * African American Literature Book Club * African American Women Online Archival Collections * African American Writers...
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3State of Fear
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State of Fear
Amazon.com Exclusive Content A Michael Crichton Timeline Amazon.com reveals a few facts about the "father of the techno-thriller." 1942: John Michael Crichton is born in Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 23. 1960: Crichton graduates from Roslyn High School on Long Island, New York, with...
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1Barbara Michaels
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Barbara Michaels
Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at...
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0I'll Walk Alone: A Novel
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I'll Walk Alone: A Novel
Mary Higgins Clark was chosen by Mystery Writers of America as Grand Master of the 2000 Edgar Awards. An annual Mary Higgins Clark Award sponsored by Simon & Schuster, to be given to authors of suspense fiction writing in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition, was launched by Mystery Writers of...
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0Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Grotesque,...
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Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Grotesque, by Natsuo Kirino, Hardcover
Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, is the author of sixteen novels, four short-story collections, and an essay collection. She is the recipient of six of Japan's premier literary awards, including the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Out, the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature for Grotesque, and the...
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0Daddy's Girl
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Daddy's Girl
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels. She has been given the Fun Fearless Female Award by Cosmopolitan magazine and has also won the Edgar Award for excellence in writing suspense fiction. She serves on the board of the National Italian American Foundation and...
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0The Daughter of Time
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The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey is often referred to as the mystery writer for people who don't like mysteries. Her skills at character development and mood setting, and her tendency to focus on themes not usually touched upon by mystery writers, have earned her a vast and appreciative audience. In Daughter of...
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0Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient...
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Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
Barbara Mertz is a New York Times bestselling author who writes the popular Amelia Peabody mystery series under the pen name Elizabeth Peters and romantic suspense novels as Barbara Michaels. She was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of...
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0Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other...
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Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings: The Lady in the Lake / The Little Sister / The Long Goodbye /
Chandler is arguably the best detective story writer out there. If you expand this genre to all mystery writers, he would still be one of the best. Detective stories aren't as common as they once were, but if you look at the offspring of the Pulp magazine once so popular, television, they are...
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4Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The...
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Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark No Stars, Blockade Billy, Under the Dome, Just After Sunset, the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom...
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0Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed...
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Hardcover)
They may look sweet and innocent, but anyone who has ever broken out in a rash after picking a hyacinth blossom or burst into violent sneezing after sniffing a chrysanthemum knows that often the most beautiful flowers can pack the nastiest punch. This comes as no secret to mystery writers, who have...
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0Writing & Selling Your Mystery Novel:...
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Writing & Selling Your Mystery Novel: How To Knock 'Em Dead With Style
How to write a page-turner is no mystery with this thorough and authoritative guide. Successful mystery writer Hallie Ephron's Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: -Features comprehensive instruction, exercises, and worksheets for mystery writers of all levels -Addresses all subgenres of...
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2Blue Light [Hardcover] - Walter Mosley
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Blue Light [Hardcover] - Walter Mosley
Amazon.com Review Despite the success of his color-coded Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley dares, with Blue Light, to go where few mystery writers have gone before. The novel is pure (if not simple) science fiction, less evocative of Philip Marlow than Philip K. Dick. It begins during the 1960s,...
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3The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody,...
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The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb. See all Editorial Reviews
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0How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries:...
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How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past (Paperback)
From Booklist Emerson, author of the Lady Appleton and Diana Spaulding mystery series, turns her hand to how its done in this useful guide to writing historical crime fiction. Drawing on her own works and those of her fellow historical-mystery writers (Kerry Greenwood, Alan Gordon, Carola Dunn, and...
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0Dark Angel: After the Dark [Kindle Edition]
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Dark Angel: After the Dark [Kindle Edition]
Max Allan Collins has earned an unprecedented ten Private Eye Writers of America Shamus nominations for his historical thrillers, winning twice for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away. A Mystery Writers of America Edgar nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, Collins...
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0Spycatcher [Hardcover]
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Spycatcher [Hardcover]
The author of 22 novels, including Carte Blanche, Jeffrey Deaver has been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony award, a Gumshoe Award, and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year. How close do you...
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0Elements of Mystery Fiction, The: Writing...
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Elements of Mystery Fiction, The: Writing the Modern Whodunit (Paperback)
Review Tapply is an author's author, a writer whose work is a beacon for critics in search of excellence and authors in search of guidance. --Globebooks.com Product Description The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whonunit has guided and inspied mystery writersveterans as well as...
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0The Killers Among Us: Examination of Serial...
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The Killers Among Us: Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigations (2nd Edition)
This book brings together all of what we know, what we think we know, and what we don't know about the horrific violence of serial murder.Part I introduces the subject of serial murder and presents the "six myths" of serial murder that interfere with understanding and successful...
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0Editorial Reviews
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Editorial Reviews
There are soooo many mystery writers out there these days, but there is only a handful who truly produce first-rate work on a consistent basis. Dennis Lehane is definitely a member of this elite, and *Darkness, Take My Hand* demonstrates why. Like Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, and some others in...
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3Writing Mysteries (Paperback)
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Writing Mysteries (Paperback)
Amazon.com Review The mystery, like other stories, relies on believable characters, a strong narrative, and crisp prose. But it is also "a way of examining the dark side of human nature," says Writing Mysteries editor Sue Grafton. The book's 37 contributors ponder everything from...
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0Mystery Writing in a Nutshell (Paperback)
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Mystery Writing in a Nutshell (Paperback)
Product Description Edgar Allan Poe Award winner, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and best-selling author John McAleer, Ph.D. (Harvard), taught crime fiction at Boston College for nearly four decades, nurturing authors like George V. Higgins (The Friends of Eddie Coyle), Chuck Hogan (The Standoff), Margaret...
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0Death Comes to Pemberley
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Death Comes to Pemberley
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life...
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0No Second Chance (Hardcover)
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No Second Chance (Hardcover)
"Gone for Good" was my introduction to Coben. Of course, I had to go back and read "Tell No One." Having quickly added this author to my must-read list, I was thrilled to see a new one. Let's start with the cover. While it tries to be slick with a ransom note hidden beneath...
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0Hammerhead Ranch Motel
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Hammerhead Ranch Motel
Penzler Pick, August 2000: Is it Florida, or is it the mystery writers who set their stories there? There seems to be a tradition of Florida noir that is as loony as that name implies. Tim Dorsey is the newest writer from the Sunshine State whose stories are inhabited by a cast of characters who, in...
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0Amethyst Dreams
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Amethyst Dreams
From Library Journal The best-selling author of romantic suspense has a magical way with words, whether with a book's title, location, or colorful blend of character names. In her newest work, a missing granddaughter named Susan is the only shadow on a canvas of vibrant personalities like Mrs....
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1Rupert: Just Being Me
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Rupert: Just Being Me
Book Description Have you wondered how Rupert, star of the CBS Television Series Survivor, became so loved and successful? It all started long, long ago….. Rupert: Just Being Me is the true story of Rupert Boneham. You’ll be mesmerized by his life and how it so closely reflects his time...
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1The Grave Tattoo
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The Grave Tattoo
Amazon.co.uk Review It's a time-honoured tradition that the best crime writers begin to chafe at the constraints of their area of the genre and feel a need to stretch their literary muscles. With The Grave Tattoo, the estimable Val McDermid demonstrates that she, too, has felt the need of a...
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