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Writers on Reading: C.J. Box on Tom Wolfe

"It often stuns me—and not in a good way—when I hear other mystery authors say they don’t read beyond our genre. Some of them, it seems, hardly read at all..."

Peanuts, Cracker Jacks, and Ballpark Mysteries

In honor of America's favorite pastime (and we do mean, reading mysteries), Mystery Scene asked our dream team of baseball crime writers to share their favorite baseball-themed mysteries, thrillers, and suspense picks.

2012 Fave Raves

Our critics pick some of their favorite reads from the past year.

Sherlock’s Smarter Sister

Sherlock’s younger sister takes a bow in Nancy Springer's delightful Enola Holmes mystery series for young adults.

Burke's Law

A weekly whodunit so lighthearted it nearly floated away.

My Book: Mysteries, Baseball, and the American Dream

"People ask me where I got the protagonist and story for my first novel, The Deadly Tools of Ignorance: A Debs Kafka Mystery. I haven’t the faintest idea..."

Eyewitness: Anger & Consequences

Writers such as John Shannon and Stieg Larsson get down to the dirty business of social commentary.

Dana Stabenow on "The Lion's Paw" by Robb White

Author Dana Stabenow, who grew up in Alaska, writes about braving ice-encrusted ladders to reach her local library (which was only open one day a week). One of the books that made a real impression on Stabenow as a young reader was The Lion's Paw by Robb White.

Fletch Lives: Gregory Mcdonald’s Revolutionary Sleuth

Fletch Lives!