This week, I started writing The Ninety-Three, a murder-mystery set in 1918, during the closing months of the Great War. The narrator is Dr Anna Richards, a sociologist, suffragette and socialite. The story opens in Downing Street with someone hurling a brick through the prime minister’s window…
WITNESS PROTECTION IN A RETIREMENT community isn’t most 31-year-olds’ idea of fun, and with a murder on the grounds and $2 million missing from community accounts, it’s not very protected. Fun Florida cozy has lots of pizzazz. B PLUS
What do the cool kids use these days for hardware GPG/SSH key devices?
I went off to grad school for a couple of short years & now everybody wants different key lengths & formats than when I started, but most of the search results that fall out when I look are from 2015--2018.
I'm talking USB here, not dedicated smartcards.
Not sure what to make of that. Was this a fad that's passed now? Everyone gave up and just trusts full-disk encryption to save them? Or use their smartphones?
We binged the whole first season of #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding over the past couple days and totally LOVED it. Great show if you like #mystery#mysteries. Starting season 2 tonight.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day #23 How important is humour in your work? How do you work it in?
I appreciate comic relief in any novel, especially the genre in which I work most often, mystery. I use quirky characters to lighten a scene and give the reader breathing space in between stress points. Humor also brings us closer to characters by emphasizing their humanity. #writing#mysteries
This morning I found a set of 7 keys in the back seat of my car.
They look mostly like house keys to me. Two of them might be for a storm door. There's a JR HIGH SADD "IT'S OK TO SAY NO TO DRUGS" fob attached labeled "Cellar".
I recognize nothing about any of this.
I texted spouse a picture, asking if he knows anything about these. He texted back that he does not recognize them at all.
What are your favorite examples of mundane mysteries that have been solved by or with the internet? Thinking of that classic Reply All episode about the forgotten song (https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bx)
I somehow missed this year’s announcement of the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe nominations. Each year the Mystery Writers of America selects their favorite of the genre in various categories. The nominations are always announced on Poe’s birthday and the awards ceremony falls in April.
I've been thinking about inherited wealth in golden-age murder #mysteries (1920s and 30s especially).
They show the folly of the old system that was crumbling, by demonstrating how arbitrary #wealth is — it took only a bit of arsenic or a discrete shove down the stairs (rather than "good breeding" or a god-ordained social order) to change a "nobody" into a rich, respectable pillar of society.
The murderer gets caught for the sake of the plot, but they also mention that many don't.
Today's offering for #FensterFreitag is a bit of a mystery. This is a... contraption sticking out of a window that I walked past a couple of times before it retracted/disappeared. Anybody have guesses more educated than mine?
I have a question for #bookstodon I've been thinking about writing #cozy#mysteries
in line with the genres I already write. However, I write for fun and for my "happy place", I'm wondering if there has to be a murder in a cozy mystery or if I could deal with other crimes and if they can be written without all the frenetic/zany side characters? Is that a different mystery subgenre?
A journey of the Soul in an ancient Greek ritual manual:
"Draw in breath from the rays and you will see yourself being lifted up and ascending to the height so that you seem to be in midair:
And you will see all immortal things."
From the "Mysteries of Helios-Mithras" in a 4th century magical papyrus
A BARISTA TURNS PODCASTER to re-examine the decades-old cold case of her grandfather’s murder, then finds herself at the center of a modern-day homicide investigation. Charming cozy mystery has a lot of heart. B PLUS
If you like to read mysteries, I highly recommend to you the author, Louise Penny. The link will show her 18 books in the chronological order that they were written.
#Books#Mysteries#BestSellers#Literature#Reading
I have enjoyed her books. I first knew of them when she contacted me about using some of my mother's poetry in them. You'll know the line "Who hurt you so long ago...".
My mother, Marylyn Plessner, only published 2 books of her poetry. The first, "Vapour Trails", weeks before her death, the second, "After It is Over", posthumously. The second is a work of art, featuring the original manuscripts.
A THEATER CRITIC TURNS SLEUTH in this glossy, stylish, erudite psychological thriller. Lots of sharp observation about contemporary New York and a brilliantly twisty plot. A MINUS
India nominates ‘Maratha Military Landscape’ for UNESCO tag (medium.com)
Unlock the Mysteries of India’s Maratha Military Landscape! 🏰 Nomination for UNESCO Tag Revealed. Dive into History!