Usually, there’s a mystery involved, and so many pop culture detectives are memorable characters. The detective has been around in stories for centuries at this point. Books, TV, and films are ...

Usually, there’s a mystery involved, and so many pop culture detectives are memorable characters. The detective has been around in stories for centuries at this point. Books, TV, and films are ...

This week’s literary geography quiz highlights international detective characters ... event in her most autobiographical novel yet. The Book Review Podcast: Each week, top authors and critics ...

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The most frustrating thing about James Patterson’s 2022 memoir, James Patterson by James Patterson, is that there’s not really enough in it about James Patterson. Seriously. The book barely ...

Her most famous is Wolves of Willoughy Chase, part of a 12-book series set in an alternate 19th-century Britain. It blends mystery, history, and some pretty terrifying canines! Buy a copy here.

That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1921. Though potentially the second most famous detective in British ...