Mystery (genre)

'Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm' casts a spell

2012-11-30 04:00:00

-------------------- Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm A New English Version Philip Pullman Viking: 400 pp, $27.95 -------------------- Freudian, Marxist, feminist — fairy tales have famously been put through any number of academic paces,...

Don't ask Marco Rubio how old the Earth is

2012-11-20 11:27:00

How old is the Earth? Scientists say 4.5 billion years. But Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) isn’t a scientist, so he’s not sure. That’s what the Republican rising star told an interviewer for GQ who posed the question. “I’m not a...

‘Sailor Twain’: Mermaid tale explores murky depths of the heart

2012-10-01 15:22:23

Bones found in hunt for King Richard III's remains

2012-09-12 09:53:19

Hantavirus in Yosemite: Doctors try to solve disease's mysteries

2012-09-11 09:42:49

Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes southwest of Ukiah

2012-09-11 10:03:03

Officials hope bear that shut down 210 Freeway won’t come back

2012-09-11 10:13:53

Three arrested in fatal Long Beach kidnapping, shooting

2012-09-11 11:32:21

Search for grave of King Richard III to be extended

2012-09-09 11:22:28

Sherlock Holmes: A chameleon character with ‘Elementary’ appeal

2012-10-04 13:32:17

'Colin Fischer': A teen detective with Asperger's, and heart

2012-11-17 04:25:00

-------------------- Colin Fischer A Novel Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz Razorbill: 256 pp, $17.99 -------------------- Every high school student could use a friend like Colin Fischer, the protagonist in a new teen mystery novel called, as...

Jay Caspian Kang impresses with 'The Dead Do Not Improve'

2012-10-27 04:00:00

-------------------- The Dead Do Not Improve A Novel Jay Caspian Kang Hogarth: 272 pp, $25 -------------------- Jay Caspian Kang's debut novel, "The Dead Do Not Improve," demands to be accepted on its own terms. Moving past the era in which...

Robin Murphy of Sharpsburg holds her new book, "Secret of the Big Easy." It is a paranormal mystery inspired by Murphy's own interests in ghost investigations, psychic mediums and murder mysteries.

2012-10-14 07:19:00

I've also written historical fiction set in Maryland, contemporary Christian mysteries (also set in Maryland) and a children's book co-written with my daughter. ? Why write? What makes writing a book worthwhile?

2012-09-25 00:00:00

The new year brings in the reserves and the reinforcements, for whom similar fates await. We are meanwhile here once again to write their names in the record. (Most of them, anyway.) What will they show us, these early days of 2012? Big serial mysteries, some with paranormal underpinnings.

2012-01-05 17:36:04