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https://murdermayhemandmore.wordpress...
The Big Thrill
http://www.thebigthrill.org/
(filched from the Mystery, Crime, & Thriller Goodreads group)
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/ind...
Stop You're Killing Me - The Encyclopediac Resource for Mystery Fiction
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'KillZone'
https://killzoneblog.com/?s=preachine...
(filched from 'The Orion Team' Goodreads group.
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"A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS-BASED DETECTIVE FICTION"
Not necessarily complete, but awfully close (Texas State University.)
"CLERICAL DETECTIVES"
If you are fond of mysteries solved by members of various religious orders, Philip Grosset has the website for you. Nearly a dozen such detectives are featured, from Christine Bennett (former nun) to Sister Mary Teresa, with Father Brown and Rabbi Small among those in between.
"ClueLass.com" and "Mystery Readers International"
Two of the best sources on the web for all thats new in the world of mystery fandom.
"CRIME FICTION"
A mammoth resource of information about detective and crime fiction. Most of the articles appear to be academic in nature. (Lancaster University, UK).
"CRIME THRU TIME"
There is a lot to discover at this website devoted to historical mysteries, including many, many reviews and a host of author bibliographies, continually being added to by listings of books coming out every month.
"THE CRIMINAL HISTORY WEBSITE"
"DAVID DODGE"
A website devoted to the author of "To Catch a Thief" and the screwball Whit Whitney detective novels written between 1941 and 1946. Of special note is a previously unpublished novel by Dodge, entitled "The Last Match"
"ELLIOT CHAZE"
Dedicated to the author of the Gold Medal paperback "Black Wings Has My Angel" (considered by some to be a classic of hard-boiled fiction).
"EURO CRIME"
Devoted to British and European crime fiction. Karen Meek, the proprietor, says there are bibliographies for over 850 authors available on the site.
"52 books"
The anonymous writer of this blog has given herself a challenge: to read the books of 52 mystery authors. She lives in Iceland, is working on a masters thesis, and reads a wide a range of mystery and detective fiction.
"FRANK THOMAS" Best known outside the mystery field as the juvenile star of "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet", actor Frank Thomas later became a well-known expert on bridge, then the author of a number of novel-length Sherlock Holmes pastiches.
"FUTURES MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY MAGAZINE"
Besides featuring reviews of recent crime fiction online, FMAM also publishes short fiction as a bi-monthly magazine in a download pdf format. A print version is also available.
"THE GEORGE KELLEY COLLECTION"
When George donated his collection of 20,000 plus paperbacks to the University at Buffalo, they set up this website where you can view many of the covers, with the books themselves annotated. Follow the first link and click on "Gumshoes, Sleuths, and Snoopers Database".
"GIL BREWER"
Author Gil Brewer's estate has begun a website.
"THE GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTION"
An online wiki-encyclopedia devoted to Golden Age mysteries and their authors is well under construction. It contains biographies and bibliographies of many, many authors of the period, along with present day reviews of their works. Highly recommended.
"GOLDEN GATE MYSTERIES"
Subtitled: 'A Bibliography of Crime Fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area', this highly recommended website is exactly what it says it is. Plot summaries for some of the entries are supplied.
"THE GUMSHOE SITE"
Jiro Kimura maintains this monthly online mystery news magazine.
"A GUIDE TO CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS AND DETECTIVE STORIES"
Established by the pseudonymous 'Grobius Shortling' (the late Wyatt James) While concentrating on the proprietors' own favorites, it is exactly what it says.
"AMELIA REYNOLDS LONG" The author of more than 30 mystery novels in a career spanning the years 1936-1952 has an excellent website dedicated to her by Richard Simms. Highly recommended.
"ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT HARD-BOILED FICTION"
As it says, a scholarly approach to the subject matter (Case Western Reserve)
"ARTHUR PORGES" The link above will take you to the Arthur Porges website, maintained by Richard Simms, where you can find both a biography and a complete bibliography. Click here for a visit to the Arthur Porges Family Page.
"THE BAKER STREET BLOG" Covers updates on the "Baker Street Journal", the "Baker Street Irregulars", and the "Sherlockian world". You'll find plenty of links to other 'Sherlockian' sites, too.
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A website dedicated to one of the worlds most famous detectives and his creator, Georges Simenon. Covers, bibliographies, plot lines, new translations, pastiches, all here.
"IT'S A MYSTERY"
Among her other mystery-related activities, Elizabeth Foxwell hosts a radio program heard on Mondays from 11A to Noon ET on WEBR in Fairfax, VA. Past guests have been Robert Barnard, Linda Barnes, Robert B. Parker, Dana Stabenow, Sarah Graves and many many others. Her interviews are available on MP3 and can be listened to at your convenience. Highly recommended.
"JACK RITCHIE"
Another website well worth visiting is this one, dedicated to the one of the best short story mystery writers in the business.
"LESLIE CHARTERIS"
One of the best websites devoted to a single mystery author, bar none. If there's anything you'd like to know about Simon Templar, (aka The Saint), you will find it here, whether it be be film, TV or books and magazines.
"LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES"
On author Hal White's website is a lengthy list of suggested reading and viewing in one of the most storied sub-categories of detective fiction: the 'locked room mystery'.
"MAGAZINE COVER ART"
A marvelous database of magazine covers, images of hundreds and hundreds of them, mostly from early 19th/20th Women's magazines, humor magazines, pulp magazines and more.
"MARGERY ALLINGHAM"
Lots of useful information on the author, her husband, Youngman Carter, and Mr. Campion.
"MIGNON G. EBERHART"
Richard Aylesworth has compiled what looks to be a very complete bibliography of this classic American mystery writer, including all of her novels, novelettes and short stories. Two additional links: first, a chatty overview of her career by D. L. Browne". Second, is "Golden Age of Detection" a wiki page for her.
"MILDRED DAVIS"
Not to be confused with the actress who appeared in many Harold Lloyd silent films, the author with the same name wrote an even dozen well-regarded mystery novels between 1948 and 1977 Maintaining a terrific website devoted to her is Richard Aylesworth; the link will take you there.
"MURDER WITH SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY"
An exhibition of Mississippi Mysteries, including images of rare jacket covers (University of Mississippi.)
"THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA"
The link will take you to a brief history of the organization, written by Barry & Angela Zeman.
"NERO WOLFE"
This website devoted to the psychology of Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, with quotes and reviews for all the Nero Wolfe novels is well worth your dropping by.
"NERO WOLFE"
It seems more difficult than it should be to move around this site dedicated to Rex Stouts larger-than-life most famous character, sponsored by 'The Wolfe Pack', but certainly there's plenty to see and take note of..
"NOIR ORIGINALS ZINE"
Al Guthrie has created the web's best site devoted to noir and hard-boiled fiction. Bar none.
"THE RAP SHEET"
For the finest in up-to-date news and detailed commentary on mystery fiction and its practitioners on a nearly daily basis, you cannot do better than this website, which recently celebrated its 200th posting J. Kingston Pierce is the editor, ably assisted by collaborators Stephen Miller, Anthony Rainone and Linda L. Richards.
"The Remarkable HAROLD ERNEST (DARCY GLINTO) KELLY, 1899-1969"
Who? you may well ask, and rightly so. Let John Fraser be your guide in exploring the life and works of this all-but-unknown British author. Side excursions and commentary on others you may have heard of: James Hadley Chase, Stephen Frances (Hank Janson), Edgar Wallace, Peter Cheyney, Gerald Butler and more. A monumental project.
"REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE" A great
way to keep tabs on all of the mystery and detective novels coming out every week is to rely on Barbara Franchi and her staff of over 30 reviewers from all over the world.
"RICHARD S. PRATHER"
The link will lead you to a website dedicated to the creator of Shell Scott, one of Americas favorite private eyes in the 1950s and 60s. Not only will you find what appears to be a definitive bibliography and an interview with Mr. Prather himself, but you can also download a Shell Scott story which has never been collected in book form.
"SARAH WEINMAN"
Sarah's blog is the "Publishers Weekly" of the world of contemporary crime and mystery fiction.
"SEXTON BLAKE"
Chock full of articles and a complete detailed bibliography of over 3000 cases written by some 200 authors.
"STRAND MAGAZINE"
The home page of this quarterly mystery magazine also contains links to stories, interviews and the home pages of many authors.
"THRILLERS"
John Fraser's passion is thriller fiction. If you enjoy authors like Donald Hamilton, Jonathan Latimer, Eric Ambler and John D. MacDonald, you can easily spend hours here.
"THE THRILLING DETECTIVE WEB SITE"
Managed by Kevin Burton Smith Anything and everything you would like to know about fictional private eyes, whether in print, from the movies or on the tube. You needn't go anywhere else.
"The Violent World of PARKER"
Website devoted to Richard Stark (aka Donald E. Westlake) and his two main series characters, Parker and Alan Grofield. Featured are the novels they appeared in, the movies that have been made from them, and the latest news about all of the above.
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Feliks wrote: "You're welcome. I posted these in my other mystery group too. Some real gems, eh?"Yes
Elizabeth Foxwell also has an interesting blog (in addition to the interview list you posted), The Bunburyist.http://elizabethfoxwell.blogspot.com/
Detectives Beyond Borders is also good.
http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogsp...
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https://detectivesbeyondborders.blogs...
...is a quirky little blog about international authors of detective fiction. Strange scenes, for sure.
p.s. Scroll down 7/8ths of the page to the blog about 'New York writers' and you can see the famous 'Mysterious Bookshop' in Manhattan and our own Jenny Milchman appearing in a book signing! Jenny's a group member here.
Indeed. Thanks for sharing, Feliks.
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Feliks wrote: "There was a mammoth flame war in Goodreads forums when Goodreads became Gramazon. Lasted twenty days? forty days? Blood was spilled daily"i missed that, but I didn't participate in group discussions when I first joined GR.
I found an interesting article about "The Poison Lady." See https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-yo...
https://wapo.st/3TWXvkD gift article, no paywallWashington post article on book readers. I read 116 books last year, mostly mysteries, about 50/50 ebooks/print
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Feliks wrote: "That's an excellent update on the country's literacy crisis. Thanks!"You're Welcome
The Mysterious BookShop
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/
The (Int'l) Movie-Car Database
http://www.imcdb.org/
Paladin Press
http://www.paladin-press.com
Strange technical manuals on crime & law enforcement.
Whodunit Bookstore
(may have closed?)
Book Cover Browser
http://www.coverbrowser.com
(find any book by its cover art)