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unusual facts about mystery novel



Death by Sheer Torture

Death by Sheer Torture (1981), also known simply as Sheer Torture, is a mystery novel by English writer Robert Barnard, the first of five novels, penned in the 1980s, featuring his recurring detective character Perry Trethowan.

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake is a mystery novel written by Jennifer Allison, published by Dutton Children's Books.

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer, children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

Law of Property Act 1925

The Property Act has a major part in the background to the 1927 mystery novel Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, its passage in Parliament providing the motive for the seemingly motiveless murder which Lord Peter Wimsey must solve.

M.A. Simonetti

M.A. Simonetti (born October 10) is a contemporary American author of the Malibu Mystery mystery novel series.

Regency novel

These include mystery novels set in Regency-era England, some of which have been written as a series, such as Kate Ross's four book series featuring the character Julian Kestrel and The Regency Detective series written by David Lassman & Terence James.

The Emperor's Snuff-Box

The Emperor's Snuff-Box is a non-series mystery novel (1942) by mystery novelist John Dickson Carr.

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders is the debut mystery novel of Soji Shimada, the musician and writer on astrology who is best known as an author of over 100 mystery novels.

The Turquoise Shop

The Turquoise Shop (1941) is a mystery novel by the American writer Frances Crane.


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1941 Rose Bowl

This game is described in detail by David Dodge in his mystery novel, Shear the Black Sheep, published in 1942.

A che punto è la notte

A che punto è la notte is a mystery novel written by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini in 1979.

A.W. Hill

Five years later, Hill followed with the second installment of the Stephan Raszer series, The Last Days Of Madame Rey, a tarot reading in the form of a mystery novel, or a mystery novel in the form of a tarot reading, with acknowledged literary debts to writers from Jules Verne to H. Rider Haggard to Jorge Borges to Wilhelm Reich.

Bomarzo

A mystery novel by Linda Lappin Signatures in Stone (2013) investigates the symbolism of the Sacred Grove, its relation to the myth of Persephone, and recent theories concerning the designer of the Park.

Elizabeth Linington

She was awarded runner-up scrolls for best first mystery novel from the Mystery Writers of America for her 1960 novel, Case Pending, which introduced her most popular series character, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Luis Mendoza.

Frenchmans Cap

Barry Maitland's 2008 mystery novel Bright Air contains a vivid description of a climb of Frenchmans Cap.

Gaston Leroux

He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille.

Glenville Lovell

His current project is Too Beautiful to Die, a mystery novel published by Putnam and which centers around Blades Overstreet, a tough African-American ex-police officer.

Hake Talbot

Hake Talbot was an American writer chiefly known for his impossible crime mystery novel Rim of the Pit (1944).

In the Woods

In the Woods is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French about a pair of Irish detectives and their investigation of the murder of a twelve-year-old girl.

Indemnity Only

Indemnity Only is a mystery novel written by Sara Paretsky.

Jiaohe Ruins

The ruins of Jiaohe are mentioned in the mystery novel Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station, by Dorothy Gilman.

Joe Gunther

Joe Gunther is the hero of Archer Mayor's longrunning mystery novel series set largely in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Joe L. Hensley

His collaborators in science fiction included Alexei Panshin and Harlan Ellison; he co-wrote one mystery novel (Loose Coins) with fellow Indiana prosecuting attorney Guy M. Townsend.

Lunnarp

It is the site of the (fictional) murder in the mystery novel Faceless Killers.

Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

There is a brief sketch of her character in the mystery novel Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, which is set in Shrewsbury College, a fictional Oxford college named in her honour.

Michael Hoeye

Michael Hoeye (born 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is the author of "The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures" series of children's fiction mystery novels - Time Stops for No Mouse, The Sands Of Time, No Time Like Show Time and the newest book in the series, Time to Smell the Roses.

The Butterfly Clues

The Butterfly Clues is a young adult mystery novel written by Kate Ellison and published in February 2012 by Egmont USA.

The Deadly Dungeon

The Deadly Dungeon is a 1998 children's mystery novel by Ron Roy.

The Saint Steps In

The Saint Steps In is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint.

Thrones, Dominations

Thrones, Dominations is a Lord Peter Wimsey murder mystery novel that Dorothy L. Sayers began writing but abandoned, and which remained as fragments and notes at her death.

Tom Hilpert

In 2009 he published Superior Justice, a mystery novel set on Minnesota's Lake Superior Shoreline.

Vendetta for the Saint

Vendetta for the Saint is a 1964 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".

Wong Fei-hung

In Will Thomas' third mystery novel, The Limehouse Text, his Victorian detective Cyrus Barker trained in martial arts in Guangdong under Wong Fei-hung's tutelage.