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(1) THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGIN’. Gabino Iglesias is the new horror columnist for the New York Times. He told told readers on X.com, “It's a dream come true. Can't wait to bring you all the horror goodness starting in January. Long live horror." (2) LUKYANENKO EVENT AT WORLDCON VENUE. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Sergey

“When you become a writer, you inevitably lose your innocence as a reader,” says the Pulitzer-winning novelist, whose new book is “Somebody’s Fool.” “It’s like being given the underground tour of Disney World. Some of the magic dissipates.”

Unlock the intrigue of the best locked room mysteries! Delve into puzzling tales of impossible crimes, ingenious sleuths, and mind-boggling solutions.

It is party time in Marlow, where friends of a wealthy grandee gather at his Thames-side mansion to celebrate his forthcoming marriage.But the mood turns sour when the groom is found dead in his study

Detective story, type of popular literature in which a crime is introduced and investigated and the culprit is revealed. The traditional elements of the detective story are: (1) the seemingly perfect crime; (2) the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points; (3) the bungling of dim-witted police; (4) the greater powers of observation and superior mind of the detective; and (5) the startling and unexpected denouement, in which the detective reveals how the identity of the cul...

Few genres are more preposterous than the locked room mystery. The premises are absurd and plot solutions ridiculous—but still I keep on reading.