It's a good time to buy volumes in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series that I edit; there's a 40-percent off sale on all McFarland books running through November 27, 2023 (use coupon code HOLIDAY23 ..read more

The Police News from the Lilly Library exhibition Running through December 15, 2023, at Indiana University Bloomington's Lilly Library is "The Victorian Book: From the Gutter to the Stars," which features an array of books (including mystery) with formats and designs new to the era ..read more

Tufts University's Quillon Arkenstone discusses and translates "The Dog with Vanishing Spots," a 1939 story by Japanese author Miyano Murako (aka Tsuno Kō, 1917–90), in the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Arkenstone highlights Murako's use of logical reasoning, a colonial setting, and a female sleuth ..read more

Tom Fox of the Adventures in Compliance Podcast looks at Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes through an unusual lens, "review[ing] each story and min[ing] them for leadership, compliance, and ethical lessons." He notes, "The Sherlock Holmes stories, including “The Adventure of the Yellow Face,” offer valuable leadership lessons and shed light on societal issues of the Victorian era." For a rundown of the episodes, go here ..read more

Evan Kleiman, host of the Good Food podcast, talks to Karen Pierce, author of Recipes for Murder: 66 Recipes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie (check out the Halloween Murder Mystery Menu ..read more

Opening on November 16 at Orlando's City Arts venue is "Edgar Allan Poe: The Exhibit," an art exhibition inspired by the works of Poe. Prizes will be given to four artists ..read more

Brian Patrick Duggan's Horror Dogs Take 25 percent off horror books during McFarland & Co.'s Halloween sale. Use coupon code HALLOWEEN2023 through Oct 31.  Joseph Maddrey's Adapting Stephen King, vol. 2   ..read more

Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) Over on Owlcation, Ronald E. Franklin discusses the burning question: were Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason and Della Street romantically involved ..read more

A new episode of Mysterious Journey, a podcast of short radio plays produced by the Artists' Ensemble Theater (IL), is "Poirot and the Body on the Train" (based on Agatha Christie's "The Plymouth Express"). A body is found under a train seat, and Hercule Poirot is called upon to investigate ..read more

Clues 41.2 (2023) has been published (abstracts below). For a print issue or a subscription, contact McFarland. This post will be updated once the ebook versions are available. Introduction: “The Warp and Woof of Every Moment” CAROLINE REITZ (John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center) The executive editor of Clues provides an overview of the issue, including articles on Chilean crime fiction, on Batman, and on detective fiction and philosophy;a Teaching Forum on the relationship of crime fiction and creative writing; and articles on authors Sherman Alexie, Michael Connelly, Cr ..read more