If you’re looking for a brand-new mystery with a Sherlock Holmes vibe, you are — as the British heroes of two new books might say — spoiled for choices. “Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing” is the ...

On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

The Victorian lady detectives are back for a final comic caper, and it takes place at the ornate Berkeley City Club located on 2315 Durant Ave. Curtain Calls: Enjoy a spooky good time with ‘The Addams ...

If you are a mystery lover, or if you have ever wondered how the modern love of the genre began, you'll enjoy Summerscale's tracing of the early days of the profession and the fascination it exerted.

Peter Lovesey: his first Cribb novel, Wobble to Death (1970), exhumed the bizarre Victorian phenomenon of the ‘wobble’ or endurance walking-race - Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock ​Peter ...

The Victorian Ladies ARE BACK – and yes, there’s another murder. The tenacious Detective Collective, sisters Loveday and Valeria, with American actress Katie, take on a new murder case to sleuth. Soon ...

It's the Autumn of 1893 in London, and someone is killing young actresses. Sisters Loveday Fortescue and Valeria Hunter (standout local actors Jen Furlong and Laura Giannarelli, respectfully) are ...

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