Tag Archives: murder mystery

Black Hearts & Daggers

Posted on February 12, 2023 by midiguru

The modern mystery genre embraces several distinct subgenres — the police procedural, the cozy, the thriller, the crime caper, the classic whodunit, and maybe a couple others that I’m forgetting. All of them are somewhat formulaic, so if you’re going … Continue reading →

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Devices and Desires

Posted on March 22, 2019 by midiguru

I love reading murder mysteries. I’ve written a couple, but they’re unpublished and not, I think, very good. The modern mystery novel has quite a different flavor from the classics by Agatha Christie. There’s more tension and danger, for starters. … Continue reading →

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