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Mystery Reviews and Aids to Mystery Novel Selection

Lists of Newly Published Books

• Stop! You're Killing Me - This site lists of books by individual authors, lists of mysteries by location, occupation, and historical period. It also lists newly released books. Books are linked to Amazon.Com so you can go shopping right away.
• The Bloodstained Bookshelf - Lists of new mystery novels by publication date.
• New Mysteries - New mystery list by the Clues Unlimited Mystery Bookstore.

Reviews of Mystery Novels

• Crime Time - British mystery magazine with reviews, interviews, and articles.
• The Tangled Web UK - Great site covering all aspects of mystery fiction including current mystery novels.
• Mystery Reviews - Reviews of mystery books by Marilyn Stasio in the News York Times since 1997. Registration is required with the Times but it is painless.
• January Magazine - Book reviews and articles about mystery fiction.
• The Mystery Reader - News, reviews, and an author address book to help you locate the e-mail address and/or web site of your favorite author.
• Mystery Ink - Mystery novel reviews, and information about the Gumshoe awards.
• The Cozy Library - If cozy mystery novels are your favorites, you will enjoy the reviews and author biographies at the Cozy Library. There is also a extensive page of links to author's web sites.
• New Mystery Reader Magazine - an online magazine featuring reviews of current mystery novels including paperbacks, hardcovers, and audio books.
• Who Dunnit - Reviews of mystery books and biographies of mystery authors. It is only possible to locate reviews by the title of the book.
• Allan Guthrie's Noir Originals Web Site - Reviews and essays on noir fiction by a mystery novelist.
• AllReaders - A reader's advisory service. Search here to find mysteries that you might like to read.

Mystery Blogs and Wikis

• Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind - by Sarah Weinman, the crime fiction columnist for the Baltimore Sun
• Mystery Fanfare - Blog for Mystery Readers Journal.
• Reviewing the Evidence - Many reviews of mysteries. These reviews and the site are very well done and easily searched.
• The Rap Sheet - News and reviews. There is also a great list of links to other blogs and mystery web sites.
• Classic Mysteries - For the fan of older, classic mystery novels.
• EuroCrime - A great site if you want to keep up with the current mysteries which are being published in the United Kingdom and Europe.
• International Noir Fiction - Reviews and comments on mysteries from around the world.
• Crime Fiction Dossier - by David J. Montgomery.
• Detectives Beyond Borders - A forum for international crime fiction. This is a blog by Peter Rozovsky.
• AustCrimeFiction - What's new in crime fiction in Australia and New Zealand.
• Private Eye Reading: The Top 50 Detective Blogs - Blogs about police, private detectives, and some fictional detectives. By the e-Justice blog.
• The Golden Age of Detection Wiki - Biographies and bibliographies of writers of the Golden Age. There are also nonfiction articles about Golden Age mystery novels, links to mystery magazines and e-zines, and sources for books.
• Top 50 Mystery Novel Blogs - from Blog Rank.

Mysteries in Film and on TV

• Mystery - Web site for the PBS mystery series.
• Mysteries on TV - a listing of TV series which are now available on DVD.
• BBC Crime Drama - Look here for information on current BBC productions.
• ITV Classic Crime - News about British crime series.
• British Mystery Series - If you are a fan of British mystery series, you will enjoy this site which has chronological lists and brief descriptions of the episodes of series such as Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, and the Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
• Midsomer Murders - Fan site for this excellent mystery series.
• MI-5 - The British series about the MI-5 Security Service. The links for each episode help connect the events in the drama to real life.
• Mystery Net - Mysteries in print and on TV. This site has many discussion groups of various aspects of the mystery.

True Crime

• New Scotland Yard - This is a must site for fans of British mysteries.
• MI-5 - The official site of the British Security Service which protects the country against threats to national security.
• The Secret Intelligence Service - The new name for MI-6.
• BBC Crime Watch
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation - Modern and historic crimes. You may also take a look at the most wanted criminals.
• The Central Intelligence Agency
• Interpol - The international police.
• North-West Mounted Police - The Canadian mounted police in history and literature.
• Visible Proofs - This is a fascinating site about forensic medicine by the US National Library of Medicine.
• The Interactive Investigator - This site has introductory information on forensic science, a good timeline of developments in the field, and a mystery for you to solve. By the Virtual Museum of Canada.
• Crime and Punishment - This is a history of crime and punishment in Great Britain. It is designed for students, but mystery fans will find it quite interesting. By the National Archives of Great Britain.
• Dying Speeches and Bloody Murder - Crime broadsides collected by the Harvard University Law Library. These are penny papers published in the 1800's describing crimes and executions.
• How the Mafia Works - by the How Stuff Works website.
• Homicide in Chicago, 1870 - 1930 - A listing of the famous crimes of this period and a searchable database of all crimes during this period.
• The Leopold and Loeb Trial - Famous murder and trial of the 1920's

Other Mystery Web Sites

• In Reference to Murder - an extensive index to mystery-related web sites and to mystery blogs.
• Crime and Mystery Fiction - Extensive lists of authors books and links to authors web sites.
• Author Yellow Pages - Locate web sites and publisher sites for your favorite mystery author. You may also sign up for e-mail notification of the publication of their new books.
• The Cozy Mystery List - This site has lists of cozy mystery authors and their works. (If you do not know what a cozy is, there is a definition here). There is also information on mystery TV shows and movies and on award winning mystery novels.
• The Curse of the Title Change - Some mystery novels do not seem to be able to cross the Atlantic without changing their titles. This list has been compiled by Gaslight.
• Dell Map Back Mysteries - A series of paperbacks, published in the 1940's and 1950's with a map of the scene of the crime on the back cover. This article is by Gary Lovisi in Mystery Scene magazine.
• Reading Lists - These are bibliographies of books about mystery fiction and films. By Crime Culture.
• Read 'Em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery and Crime Fiction Book Discussions by Garry Warren Niebuhr, Libraries Unlimited, 2006. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com.
• Mystery and Detective Trivia Quizzes - So you think that you know mystery novels? Try taking these quizzes.
• Mystery Writers of America
• Sisters in Crime - National web site of the organization dedicated to promoting the work of women mystery writers.
• International Thriller Writers, Inc.
• The Crime Writers Association - of the United Kingdom.
• The Crime Writers of Canada Association - This site has a list of the winners of the Arthur Ellis Award, and also members' biographies.
• Crime Culture - The focus of this academic site is on film noir and the hard-boiled detective story. It has articles, booklists, and links to other web sites. It is well worth a visit.
• Detective Fiction on Stamps

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