Sorry this post is late! I’ve been working on my next book. This post is sort-of, kind-of a rough draft of a chapter for that book. So—a...

W.H. Auden writes that the test of a good detective story is twofold: a) The reader must be surprised when the sleuth reveals the i...

Today I'm continuing my mini-series on how to write a murderously good mystery by exploring what qualities the murder victim might ...

Today I continue talking about murderously good mysteries and how to write them . The Five Elements: Milieu, Victim, Murderer, Sus...