Why Mystery Mixes Well With New Orleans

Why Mystery Mixes Well With New Orleans   There are cities renowned for their mystique: Moscow, Paris, and New York all make the heart beat faster when they’re used as the setting for stories of intrigue. However, for me, nothing can compare to the sultry and sensual atmosphere of New Orleans. Steeped in history, mystery, […]

Top Ten Sherlock Holmes Pastiches

Top Ten Sherlock Holmes Pastiches I’m delighted to present my top ten list of traditionally published pastiches for the venerable Strand Magazine, for which I’m honoured to have written ten of my own Sherlockian tales, which are now collected, for the first time, in The Whole Art of Detection. The Seven Per Cent Solution by […]

The Horror of it…The Top Death Scenes in Fiction

The Horror of it…The Top Death Scenes in Fiction SPOILER WARNING: This post contains spoilers for A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, The Troop by Nick Cutter, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Hannibal by Thomas Harris, A New Fear by RL Stine, In the Forest Dark and Deep by Carrie […]