Mystery novels were my first love in reading. I was married very young
and my (then) husband
was doing the research for his masters degree in ornithology. We spent
seven months on the Brandypot islands in the middle of the St.
Lawrence River. (Sounds romantic, doesn't it?) We were the only people
living on those islands although in the summer we had many visitors who
came ashore while sailing along the St. Lawrence.
I spent most of the day reading. Reading. Reading. Mystery after mystery after mystery. Before that, I had read what I could get my hands on but I grew up in a very rural area and the nearest library burned down when I was seven so there wasn't a lot of choice. I have written a couple of mystery novels, which mercifully weren't ever accepted anywhere by a publisher.
This is who I read and some links to information on these classic writers:
Agatha Christie
- History of the Mystery on Christie
- Agatha Christie Mystery Online Bookstore
- Quote of the week on the Mining Co. archaeology site on why Agatha married Max Mallowan.
John D. MacDonald
Rex Stout
- Annotated Bibliography
If you are a mystery writer or aspire to be one, here are some of the
more enduring and delightful mystery sites on the Web:
- Clue Lass Home Page
- TheCase.com
- Timeline of mystery fiction
- Mystery genres
- Crime Writers of Canada
- The Gumshoe Site
- Mystery publishers
- Mystery connection
- Sisters in Crime
- Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine
- Walter Sorrell's Mystery Zone
- MysteryMaven: Open discussion for readers and writers of mysteries. mailto:mysterymaven-subscribe@makelist.c... to subscribe.
On another note
A few interesting sites came into my mailbox over the past month and I think they are worth a look:- DLSIJ Press (against me) wants women's short stories for a Spring '99 anthology. Profits from the sale of this book will benefit Breast Cancer Research.
- "How To Write A Decent Book Review" by GraceAnne DeCandido.
- Business travel site, On the Road
- This Day in History
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