Ann Radcliffe

Sleuthing out a Solution: Edgar Allan Poe and His Crypto-Mysteries

By Susan Amper

October 7, 2020

On this, the 171st anniversary of his death, Edgar Allan Poe is more popular than ever and more misunderstood. Mystery writer S. S. Van Dine describes the detective story as a contest, in which the author seeks to “outwit the reader” by presenting a puzzle that the reader is unable to solve, despite being given…

Tamara Berry, author of Seances are for Suckers

The Best Mysteries in Spooky Castles

By Tamara Berry

October 25, 2018

When it comes to a good mystery, the setting is everything. True, people can be murdered anywhere and, yes, most crimes probably get solved in the forensics lab, but that’s not the stuff that makes the spine tingle and the flesh creep. When I’m settling down for a truly terrorizing tale of intrigue, I tend…