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theguardian.com /1 week ago

Sleuthing sheep, Young Sherlock and a new Poirot: how amateur detectives took over our screens

From the Sherlock Holmes spin-offs to The Sheep Detectives, DIY sleuths are on the case all over TV and cinema. But where did the trope of the outsider who outsmarts the profession...

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killzoneblog.com /1 week ago

Amateur Sleuth Amateur Hour

By PJ Parrish I have to vent. I hope you all don’t mind. Maybe this has happened to you. You crack open a new book. It has stellar reviews. It has been nominated for a couple award...

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nypost.com /1 week ago

Nancy Guthrie case could be solved with help from armchair sleuths: detective

Herman Weisberg, a former NYPD detective turned high-profile private investigator, believes one phone call could still crack the case.

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bookriot.com /2 weeks ago

Eccentric Investigators: Unlikely Detectives in Asian American and Asian Cozy Mysteries

These Asian and Asian American cozy mysteries feature all kinds of unlikely detectives, from a disgraced stage magician to high school teacher.

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criminalelement.com /1 week ago

Book Review: The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood

Committing murder in the English town of Marlow is a decidedly unwise choice, thanks to an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths who partner with local police to bring killers to justic...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 week ago

The Book Club Murders by Maggie Allswell

There is a distinguished tradition of amateur sleuths solving crimes over cups of tea, but Maggie Allswell’s The Book Club Murders brings a welcome twist to the formula. Rather tha...

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crimereads.com /19 hours ago

The Secret Queer True Crime History Behind the Victorian Era’s Other Sherlock Holmes

In June 1898, Ernest William “Willie” Hornung began publishing the short stories that would comprise the collection The Amateur Cracksman. Hornung was at that point a relatively mi...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Top 10 Animal Sleuths (Plus Honorable Mentions)

Cats and Cozies go paw in hand. Claudia H. Long said, “Cats and Cozies are a natural fit, even if the cat is not a literal cat, but rather a dog, a goat, or even a nun who sells ca...

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killzoneblog.com /1 month ago

Your Favorite Murder Mystery

What’s your favorite murder mystery? It can be a story, novel, movie or TV episode, even a game or a real-life mystery.

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puzzling.stackexchange.com /1 month ago

Not Your Typical Murder Mystery

I sure hope nobody's come up with this before... You are a detective now (how wonderful). Your first case is a murder case because, well, whoever hired you didn't know what they w...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Sheep Detectives is the Ultimate Cozy Mystery

Featured image credit: Amazon MGM Studios via Variety In the new film The Sheep Detectives, the rules that govern murder mystery novels—specifically fair play whodunnits—are holy p...

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wsls.com /1 month ago

The game's afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes Day

From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day.

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kirkusreviews.com /1 week ago

SLEUTH & SOLVE

As in previous volumes the puzzles are set up as games of logic and deduction for competing players or teams, with solutions and point scores for difficulty hidden beneath flaps. S...

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fictionhorizon.com /3 days ago

Prime Video’s ‘Murder 101’ Turns a High School Sociology Class Into the Center of a Real Cold Case

A true crime docuseries with an unusual premise has arrived on Prime Video, and it does not involve seasoned detectives or veteran journalists chasing leads. Instead, ‘Murder 101’...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Gordon Jack’s 5 Steps to Writing Senior Sleuths Who Solve Cyber Crime

Do you love reading cozy mysteries featuring intrepid senior sleuths solving crimes in their retirement community? It seems like the perfect hobby for a retiree, right? You’ve got...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Kate Khavari on the Narrative Potential of Putting Sleuths in Unfamiliar Settings

There’s nothing like a murder to really set a vacation off right. At least, this is what I imagine other mystery authors think when they plant a body on a beach or in a museum or a...

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boardgamegeek.com /3 weeks ago

Thread: Press Releases:: Nine suspects. A trail of clues. A lurking evil. Murder at the Mudpools 5e Investigative Myster...

by Dynamite_Chandelier Nine suspects. A trail of clues. A lurking evil.An investigative mystery scenario. Plus, an adventure supplement.Kickstarter LinkAre your plucky investigato...

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kirkusreviews.com /1 month ago

THE BLACK CAT DETECTIVES

As Mila the magician—aka Mila MacAllister, who lives in the friendly New England town of Corvin’s Crossing—nervously awaits her chance to impress the patrons of Mugsy’s Club, her b...

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bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com /2 weeks ago

Murder in the Reading Room by Anita Davison

About the Book:Aunt Violet and her niece Hannah have a bookshop to run. But after a customer comes in asking for a rare book, Hannah takes a visit to the reading room of the Britis...

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boardgamequest.com /6 days ago

Ciphergram Puzzles: Escape from Ironwood Review

I love mysteries, police procedural TV shows, and true crime documentaries and podcasts. Like a lot of people who love mysteries, what I really love is figuring it out ahead of the...

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crimespreemag.com /1 month ago

Five Series Characters Worth Seeking Out

In the world of mystery and crime series fiction, there are plenty of all-stars—your Spades and Marlowes, Spensers and Reachers, Milhones and Scudders and Boschs. They’re the chara...

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kirkusreviews.com /1 month ago

BLUNT INSTRUMENT

This winning first mystery from novelist and memoirist Bloom features an English professor turned private eye with the perfectly hard-boiled name of Dell Chandler and a charming, i...

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bookishjottings.com /1 month ago

The Book Club Murders by Maggie Allswell Blog Tour – Review

What Judy’s book club doesn’t know about murder mysteries isn’t worth writing about. Nothing beats cracking a fictional case over some wine and salt and vinegar crisps. But can the...

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youthkiawaaz.com /6 days ago

A Mystery To Solve, A Criminal To Catch:A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder

A school project topic to a life changing decision: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Title: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Author: Holly Jackson Genre: Young Adult Crime Thriller "This...

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