Charles Dickens: Four Novels (Leather-Bound Classics) By Charles Dickens with an Introduction by Ernest Hilbert (Leather) Four of Charles Dickens’s most enduring and popular works in one volume. Oliver Twist. Pip. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The characters of Charles Dickens live on in our imaginations long after we’ve read his renowned […]
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Leather-Bound Classics) by William Shakespeare with an Introduction by Michael A Cramer (Leather) No library is complete without the classics! This leather-bound edition includes the complete works of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, considered by many to be the English language’s greatest writer. Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s […]
The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie (Hardcover) The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, […]
Jess Porto grew up in the Adirondack region of upstate New York and subsequently moved to a handful of other states, including Illinois, Iowa, where she graduated from high school and attended Iowa State University, then to South Carolina, Florida, and North Carolina. Jess graduated from Southwest Florida College with an Associate of Science degree […]
James W. Bennetts is an author, consultant, and Minnesota native. His newest novel, Catechisms, has been critically acclaimed, as has his previous work The Name Game. We were thrilled to be able to interview him, and we hope that you find his answers as thoughtful and enlightening as we did. TSM: To start off, tell […]
The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World’s Greatest Detective by Andrew Lycett Questing was Sherlock Holmes’s business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of the key scientific breakthroughs of his age, and conducted his investigations in an enigmatic and stylised manner. And the brains behind it all […]
Continuing the spirit of Pride Month, here are queer authors whose writing embodies the spirit of the mystery and thriller genres while imbuing some much needed-representation to novels and to authors. Writing has always been for everybody, by everybody, and publishers and audiences alike are only now celebrating this notion. Many genres, such as YA […]
Three-Year Subscription PLUS The James M Cain Issue (Thirteen Issues) (In addition to a three year subscription you’ll receive issue 69 featuring a previously unpublished short story by James M. Cain. Also we have an article by Jacqueline Winspear on writing, an exclusive interview with J.T. Ellison, and fiction by John Floyd, Adam Hamdy and […]
By L.R. Dorn In developing the idea for and then writing With a Kiss We Die, the first in our unconventional new crime series, we listened to a lot of true crime podcasts. The ones that most influenced us break down into two categories. The “investigation” podcast has the crime journalist/host going out and actively […]
Sherlock Holmes Calendar 2024 PLUS a One-Year Subscription (Four Issues) The Sherlock Holmes Calendar 2024 and a One-Year Subscription to The Strand Magazine? It’s like a gift that keeps on giving! A Strand exclusive, Sherlock Holmes Calendar 2024 is in stock, and for years has been our bestselling gift item. Our calendar is printed on […]