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Author Archives: dorothyjames
A Natural Death
Returning to my blog after some years away, I am publishing a personal post on the death of my sister, a bridge over my recent silence. This is a blog about mysteries, about murder mysteries, and so, in its way, … Continue reading
Talking to Sally Spedding about “Cold Remains”
Chilling suspense thrillers seem to be increasingly popular among readers of crime fiction. They move in a world that is a far cry from the novels that introduced me to murder mysteries many years ago, the novels of Dorothy L. … Continue reading
Posted in crime fiction, interview, thriller
Tagged chiller thriller, crime fiction, ghosts, Harrowgate International Festival, paranormal, Sally Spedding, Theakstons, Wales, writing
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Back to the Chilling World of Sally Spedding: “Cold Remains”
“Who reads such chilling thrillers as Sally Spedding’s? Mysteries that do not fit into any one standard genre but skirt the edges of several: crime novels, yes, but also horror novels, paranormal, historical, they will not be categorized. Sally Spedding … Continue reading
Posted in crime fiction, review
Tagged chiller, Cold Remains, ghosts, horror, paranormal, Sally Spedding, thriller, Wales
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Interview with David Swinson
David Swinson, author of the new genre-bending detective novel, A Detailed Man, talks to us here about his novel, and opens up connections between his own life as a police detective and the complex portrait of Detective Simeon of the … Continue reading
Posted in crime fiction
Tagged crime fiction, David Swinson, genre-bender, law enforcement, MPDC, police procedural, Washington DC
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Review of “A Detailed Man” by David Swinson
“That’s the life of a detailed man. You never have anything of your own. Everything’s borrowed. Even the time.” Detective Simeon is this detailed man. The author, David Swinson, has himself worked robbery and homicide details. Some readers may wonder … Continue reading
Excursus into the Paranormal with Aaron Paul Lazar
[Parts of this article first published as Book Review: Healey’s Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar and Book Review: Terror Comes Knocking by Aaron Paul Lazar on Blogcritics.] Aaron Paul Lazar is a writer of popular country mysteries. He is a … Continue reading
Posted in country mystery, paranormal, review
Tagged Aaron Paul Lazar, country mystery, paranormal, terrorism, upstate New York
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New Viennese Mystery by Jaya Gulhaugen: Review
Jaya Gulhaugen was born in Berlin three months before the 1949 Airlift. She moved to Vienna in 1956 just before the Hungarian Revolution broke out. She was a teenager in the Congo during the Simba Rebellion. Growing up, she just … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, murder mystery, review, Vienna mysteries
Tagged 1950's, Cold War, cozy mystery, Jaya Gulhaugen, Sacher Torte, Vienna
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Requiem for the Detective Novel: Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s “The Pledge”
Requiem auf den Kriminalroman: This was Dürrenmatt’s own subtitle for his short and stunning novel, Das Versprechen [The Pledge] (1958). It has no place in Sean Penn’s film version of the book though this did keep the title, The Pledge … Continue reading
My Place for Mystery 