In Alan Bradley’s The Golden Tresses Of the Dead, a finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery. In the tenth installment of Alan Bradley’s utterly charming Flavia de Luce mystery series, our intrepid young heroine must put up with the hurly-burly surrounding her oldest sister’s impending wedding. Flavia…
The Grave’s A Fine And Private Place is the ninth book in Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce series. This is how much I enjoy Flavia de Luce: I’m not sure that I like her better now than I would have had I been a pre-teen who’d discovered her in my mystery-reading journey from Nancy Drew…
Sleuth fans, we’re back again, and this time with an even longer list of the best women detectives, crime fighters, and amateur mystery solvers pop culture has to offer. When we published a round-up of 13 of the best female sleuths earlier in the month, we were delighted to see what readers had to say…
The upcoming CrimeFest convention (May 15-18th, Bristol, U.K.) and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards (June 5th, Toronto) have both announced their nominees, and we're thrilled to share these shortlists! (Also, once you get to the bottom of all these wonderful titles and authors, you'll see the an extra reason for our beaming,…
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley is the fifth book in the historical mystery series featuring preteen protagonist Flavia de Luce (available January 29, 2013). When the tomb of St. Tancred is opened at a village church in Bishop’s Lacey, its shocking contents lead to another case for Flavia de Luce. Greed, pride,…
