Into Armchair Travel? Try the Wheredunit of Mystery Books
1. Which Sicilian detective begins his day with espresso and a sunrise swim?
(Answers below the post)
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Follow the Clues Around the World!
Pandemically speaking, today’s most favored mode of transport is armchair travel. But must safety rule out excitement? Not when you travel via mystery books. These page-turners whisk you away to virtually any corner of the world.
Stereotypes persist about mystery books. Like the idea that they’re merely puzzles. That the author presents a lineup of suspects, then interposes an obstacle course between the reader and the Big Reveal. You know, cryptic messages, red herrings, butlers arching an eyebrow, bodies falling out of closets, that sort of thing.
As comedian Michael Ian Black says of mystery books, “They make me too anxious. . . . Just tell me who did it.”
But for many fans, the whodunit is secondary to the ...
