General Mystery Information

• African-American Mystery Page
• Cluelass Home Page

  This is the definitive mystery web site, the place where I found many of the sites on my list.

  Departments

  1. Cluelass HomePage: headlines and table of contents
  2. Sign the ClueBook: sign the guestbook and share your news
  3. Read the ClueBook: see what other mystery lovers are up to
  4. Just Rewards: awards for mystery fiction and nonfiction
  5. Making Tracks: conferences, conventions, classes--mystery-related events of many kinds
  6. Hanging Together: mystery groups for fans and writers
  7. Skeleton Keys: notes for the prepublished mystery writer (and the published as well)
  8. Curiosity Killed the Cat: mystery FAQ's
  9. The Bloodstained Bookshelf: new and upcoming releases
  10. The Magpie's Nest: mystery magazines and newsletters
  11. Murder for Sale: an international directory of booksellers and publishers
  12. CyberCrime" factual sites about crime and investigation: law enforcement, forensics, etc.
  13. The Black Widow's Web: comprehensive list of mystery web sites
  14. X Marks the Spot: Index and cross-references to this site

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• Crime.Com

  This site caters to the person who can never get enough crime information, featuring sections on information, news, entertainment, and the crime store.

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• Friends of Mystery

  Contents

  1. Blood Letter: newsletter
  2. Bloody Thursday lecture on domestic violence (live, not online)
  3. Review of Mark Twain detective series by Peter Heck ( A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court ). also lists other historical people as sleuths, giving authors and titles.
  4. Best of '96 Paperbacks
  5. Harriet Klausner's Reviews (reprinted on DorothyL)
  6. Murder by the Book: author appearances
  7. Announcements
  8. Links

  This site is sponsored by Cedarbay Press.

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• The Gumshoe Site

  Contents

  1. CWA John Creasey Award Shortlist
  2. What you can find on this site
  3. What's new in the current month
  4. First Cases, Vol. 2--anthology of first appearances of classic amateur detectives
  5. Hardboiled Engagement Calendar for 1998
  6. Macavity, Edgar, Agatha, Hammett Prize, Shamus Award Nominees 1997 (winners blink)
  7. Award Winners--lists of the former and other award winners (Hooray for Terris mcMahan Grimes for winning the Chester Himes Mystery Writer's Award for BLOOD WILL TELL.) The lists go back to 1995.
  8. Photogenic Rogue's Gallery
  9. What's Cool--features books and magazines
  10. Bookmarks--mystery links, organizations, bookstores, publishers, writers, fiction, general, search engines.
  11. Strictly for Japanese-Reading Visitors--the site appears in Japanese

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• Gerrit Kuilder's Page
• Mark's Murder and Mayhem Page
• Murder by Modem

  This site uses frames, has skull icons, and has red text on a black background.

  Contents

  1. Mystery Web Sites (those with "great lists of links")
  2. Bookstores (divided into "The Biggies" and "Mystery Specific" plus a plug for friends in Chicago who own Brent Books and Cards [no website])
  3. Female Detectives (I highly recommend this list of female detectives, compiled by Mari McKeeth at the Normal Public Library. She lists author, detective: name, occupation, location, and, in some instances, sexual orientation and medical condition)
  4. Home (back to the first screen, which features the "Book of the Moment," Alan Beechey's An Embarrassment of Corpses, with a link to the first two chapters)
  5. Comments (e-mail the site author with comments, questions, and suggestions [especially additions to the female detectives lists])

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• Mysterious Homepage

  Jan Steffensen has very kindly provided his own annotation to his site.

  The Mysterious Home Page is an extensive guide to mystery resources on Internet.

  Departments:

  1. General Guides
  2. Specific Authors
  3. Specific Characters
  4. Themes in Mystery Fiction
  5. Newsgroups
  6. Mailing Lists
  7. Conferences, Conventions and Seminars
  8. Mystery Organizations
  9. Mystery Awards
  10. Publishers
  11. Book People
  12. Book Dealers
  13. Mystery Reviews
  14. Mystery Magazines
  15. Electronic Mystery Magazines
  16. Film and TV
  17. Pulps
  18. Mystery Games and Interactive Fiction
  19. Sherlockiana
  20. Electronic Texts
  21. Miscellanea
  22. Popular Fiction and Culture on Internet

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• Mystery Corner
• The Mystery Zone
• Polar Web (French)

  The site discusses "roman policieurs" (police procedurals): books, articles, reviews, etc.

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• The Sword and the Sleuth

  Contents

  1. Novels in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
  2. Anthologies, Roman Mysteries in magazines, Biblical Retellings, Miscellany, Novels on Audio Tape
  3. Mysteries by Time Period, Author Profiles, Publishing Chronology of Roman Mysteries

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• Tangled Web

  Contents

  1. Bibliography
  2. Authors (list not linked to home pages)
  3. Reviews
  4. Bookshop
  5. Web Links
  6. New Books
  7. On-line Questions
  8. News
  9. T.V. and Film