Bibliograph

Private investigations, mystery writers on the secrets, riddles, and wonders in their lives, edited by Victoria Zackheim

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Private investigations, mystery writers on the secrets, riddles, and wonders in their lives, edited by Victoria Zackheim

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Private investigations

Responsibility statement

edited by Victoria Zackheim

Sub title

mystery writers on the secrets, riddles, and wonders in their lives

Summary

"In Private Investigations, twenty fan-favorite mystery writers share their first-person stories of grappling with mysteries they've personally encountered, at home and in the world. Caroline Leavitt regales us with a medical mystery, a time when she lost her voice and doctors couldn't find a cure; Martin Limon travels back to his military stint in Korea to grapple with the chaos of war; Anne Perry ponders the magical powers of stories conjured from writers' imaginations, and more"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction : solving the mystery / Victoria Zackheim -- Ghosted / Hallie Ephron -- Plot twists : this writer's life / Jeffrey Deaver -- An extra child / Sulari Gentill -- Field notes à la Maigret from Paris / Cara Black -- Lydia and Jack / Connie May Fowler -- The land of the morning calm (and other military mysteries) / Martin Limón -- The clay that we shape / William Kent Kruege -- Origins and destinations / Ausma Zehanat Khan -- A trick of the light / Kristen Lepionka -- The mystery of deception / Lynn Cahoon -- The long shadow of war / Rhys Bowen -- I don't know this word / Rachel Howzell Hallie -- The beams keep falling / Steph Cha -- Writing about war / Jacqueline Winspear -- Can we live without mystery? / Tasha Alexander -- Godfathers, Nancy Drea, and cats / Carole Nelson Douglas -- The mystery of my lost voice / Caroline Leavitt -- Remembering the past / Charles Todd -- Nuns, magic, and Steven King / Robert Dugoni -- I want to be a magician / Anne Perry

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