Let’s say A wants to kill B. (It’s a perfectly acceptable conversation starter around here.) If we’re in a whodunnit, A and B are hanging around with C, D, E, F, and G, who also&nbs…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
Amidst the array of masterpieces that constitute the Christies of the 1930’s, Death in the Clouds (American title: Death in the Air) suffers by comparison. Hercule Poirot spent a large part of this…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
“‘Well,’ Mason said, ‘now that the parrot’s dead, we might as well . . .’ “‘But the parrot isn’t dead,’ Drake interrupted. ‘You have the parrot. I suppose that the parrot is a witness to something …| Ah Sweet Mystery!
Back in June, 2016 I fell a little bit in love – with a book. I was able to read The Decagon House Murders (1987) due to the efforts of three men: author Yukito Ayatsuji, scholar and tran…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
“Seriously? What in the world do Sondheim and crime fiction have in common?” That question, gracing the back cover of Josh Pachter’s eighth “Inspired by . . . “ story anthology, Every Day a Li…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
Is there any fictional character who has been showered with parodies, pastiches, homages and adaptations as much as Sherlock Holmes? Has anyone even tried to keep track of all the stories…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
After recently reviewing the first two episodes of Netflix’s The Residence and a few other series, I received a request and two suggestions. So here I am, delivering on my . . . well, I promised no…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
