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History & Mystery

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The Case of the Empty Bookshelves

By Tanya Roth | December 30, 2022

Why were librarians keeping the titian-haired detective off their shelves?

History & Mystery

The Song of the Dying Composer

By Kristin M. Franseen | December 29, 2022

Attaching a mystery to a famous musician or work gives us something to hold onto.

History & Mystery

The Mystery of the Social-Climbing Copywriter

By Dave Kamper | December 22, 2022

Smoke your way to a peaceful working-class life.

History & Mystery

Penelope Garcia’s Criminal Minds

By Sara Mohr | December 21, 2022

What is Penelope Garcia’s archive?

History & Mystery

The Plot of the Dime Store Dostoyevsky

By Jason Ridler | December 20, 2022

The master of the psychodrama mystery was Jim Thompson.

History & Mystery

The Clue in the Old Lace

By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell | December 19, 2022

Fashion history is rarely as straightforward as Nancy Drew led me to believe.

History & Mystery

The Secret of the Faculty Wife

By J.L. Bell | December 16, 2022

Fiction embroidered upon the fabric of history.

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