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Mystery and Suspense Magazine serves lovers of mystery, thriller, horror, crime, and suspense fiction - books, movies, TV, and more! Founded in 2020, it offers interviews, reviews, and features with the goal of giving fans a deeper look into the fiction they love.
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
10h ago
March 28, 2024
Feature
Mystery Twists
How to Create a Convincing Mystery Plot Twist
Tighten your trench coats and tip those fedoras just so, because today we’re diving deep into the murky waters of mystery fiction to uncover the secrets of crafting a plot twist that’ll knock the socks off even the most jaded of gumshoes. Crafting a mystery plot twist isn’t just about pulling the rug out from under the audience; it’s an art form, a delicate dance of misdirection, surprise, and ultimately, satisfaction.
Let’s start by dissecting what makes a plot twist not just good, but great. It’s all ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
10h ago
March 28, 2024
Q&A
Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 33 novels. Lisa’s books are book-club favorites, and she and her daughter Francesca Serritella have hosted an annual Big Book Club Party for over a thousand readers at her Pennsylvania farm, for the past twelve years. Lisa has been President of Mystery Writers of America and she reviews fiction and non-fiction for the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter for The Philadelphia Inquirer entitled Chick Wit ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
5d ago
March 24, 2024
Book Review
Matterhorn
Christopher Reich
reviewed by Carolyn Scott
Goodreads
This contemporary spy thriller opens with a cinematic scene worthy of a James Bond movie. Half way up the slopes of the Matterhorn, in a small hut, an American agent is meeting with a Russian double agent, who is passes him a USB stick containing plans for a new weapon of mass destruction.
Codenamed Hercules, Russia is planning to test it in a terrorist attack on a sovereign country. Their meeting is interrupted by the arrival of Russian agents, demanding the American hand over the p ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
6d ago
March 22, 2024
Q&A
Clare Broyles | Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of two historical mystery series as well as several internationally bestselling historical novels, two of which were nominated for Edgar Award
Rhys was born in Bath, England and educated at London University but now divides her time between California and Arizona. Her books have been nominated for every major mystery award and she has won twenty of them to date, including five Agathas.
CLARE BROYLES, who is Rhys Bowen’s daughter, is a teacher and a musician. She began collaborating ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
6d ago
March 22, 2024
Movie and TV Review
Sexy Beast
reviewed by Eric Ellis
Goodreads
“Sexy Beast” is a 2000 British crime thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer, featuring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane, supported by a highly capable cast.
Ray Winstone stars as Gal Dove, a retired thief and safecracker now enjoying life in a Spanish villa with his wife, DeeDee (Amanda Redman), a former adult film actress. Gal spends his time with his longtime friend Aitch (Cavan Kendall), and during a dinner, Aitch and his girlfriend announce that Don Logan (Ben Kingsley) will b ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
1w ago
March 21, 2024
Book Review
Point Zero
Matsumoto Seicho
reviewed by Dr. Sneha Pathak
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Seicho Matsumoto is considered one of the greatest Japanese writers of the crime genre. His latest book available in English, Point Zero, is an example of his trademark writing style where he mingles crime with psychology and the lives of ordinary people.
Besides these two, Point Zero is also heavily influenced by the time it was set in – the 1950s.
Point Zero is the story of Teiko who has recently entered into an arranged marriage with Kenichi Uhara. She doesn ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
1w ago
March 20, 2024
Book Review
If Something Happens to Me
Alex Finlay
reviewed by Fiona Cook
Goodreads
Five years ago, Ryan Richardson’s life was irrevocably changed by a harrowing night—he was attacked, his girlfriend Ali was abducted, and only the absence of concrete evidence (coupled with a competent lawyer) prevented him from facing charges.
However, now, after all this time, Ali’s car has been discovered submerged, and a trip to Italy confronts Ryan with the only other person he recalls from that night—the man missing pinky fingers, last seen as Ryan was forcibly separated from ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
1w ago
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Mystery and Suspense Magazine
1w ago
March 19, 2024
Feature
Classic Whodunits
The Golden Age of Mystery Fiction
Once upon a time, in the ritzy, glitzy era of the 1920s to the sneaky, peaky late 1930s, there existed a fantastical realm where mysteries danced in the moonlight, twirling their cloaks and donning their detective hats with a flair that would make a peacock jealous.
This, my dear cohorts of the curious, was the Golden Age of Mystery Fiction, a time when whodunits weren’t just stories; they were enigmatic puzzles locked in a battle of wits with the reader, daring them to leap through literary hoops and solve cri ..read more
Mystery and Suspense Magazine
1w ago
March 18, 2024
Book Review
Sanctuary
Garry Disher
reviewed by Carolyn Scott
Goodreads
Grace Latimer just one of the many identities she has had, is a thief, particularly of small collectables and antiques. After a childhood history of orphanages and foster homes, she learnt from the best how to steal items of special value and is very good at what she does.
She’s also a master at altering her appearance and identity so that she can disappear unnoticed in a crowd with just a few subtle changes. One day while carrying out a theft at a collectors’ convention in Brisbane, she s ..read more