Top 10 Most Chilling Ghostly Tales to Read This Winter “Now I remember those old women’s words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter’s tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night…” -From “The Jew of Malta” by Christopher Marlowe, 1589 Telling ghostly tales at Christmastime, and, more generally, in the […]
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Top Ten Blog Posts of 2016
(2016 has been a banner for the Strand’s blog, our blog has been a hit with readers all around the world with over 100,000 hits per month. Here’s a sampling of our ten most popular blog posts from Rennie Airth to Tess Gerritsen our articles have never explored the same issue twice, but have always […]
Top Ten Mysteries Set in Italy
Top Ten Mysteries Set in Italy Ever since the time of Julius Caesar, Italy has had a certain tradition of conspiracy and enigmatic murders; until recently, however, the mystery genre was considered something foreign. Italian writers who devoted their creativity to this style were regarded with a degree of pity, and Italian readers only began […]