Sentences with phrase «of mystery fiction»

«Another entertaining installment in one of mystery fiction's most consistent series.»

At the same time, two Raven Awards will be presented, to «mentor, teacher, scholar and editor» Margaret Kinsman and to Sisters in Crime, the group of women mystery writers initially convened by Sara Paretsky in 1986, and the Ellery Queen Award will be given to Janet A. Rudolph, director of Mystery Readers International, editor of the Mystery Readers Journal and teacher of mystery fiction.

Every year, another dead body...» — Abdullah, p. 151, Lion in the Valley Welcome to the official web page of mystery fiction's preeminent archaeologist / detective, Amelia Peabody!

Booklist says «the quick - witted Monks is one of mystery fiction's more original series leads, and this new novel shows that he is a long way away from outstaying his welcome.

It's often used by critics of mystery fiction as a way of upping the ante in their praise of a book, as if the only way a mystery could be truly good is to not really be a mystery.

The quick - witted Dr Monks is one of mystery fiction's more original series leads, and this new novel shows that he is a long way away from outstaying his welcome.

One of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of mystery fiction and psychological suspense with her Tess Monaghan p.i. series and her New York Times bestselling standalone novels (What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, I'd Know You Anywhere, etc.).

Deadly Ink Mystery Conference The Deadly Ink Mystery Conference is held annually each August in New Brunswick, NJ, for writers and fans of mystery fiction....

Founded by Robert Randisi and Ed Gorman in the late 1980s to bring together professional mystery authors in a private forum to exchange ideas, the American Crime Writers League is still going strong in the 21st century as a writing organization for serious and proven writers of mystery fiction.

Not exact matches

The «mystery thriller» is the basic template for his own fiction, but in his stories, the word «mystery» takes on its arcane, almost its pre-Christian connotations of ritual and spiritual power.

The book is super cute, exactly the type of mystery - meets - chick lit - meets foodie fiction type of book I read when I am alone (if I'm in public, it's War and Peace or something that makes me look smart, of course).

Knowing of my interest in crime fiction and detective stories my late father - in - law, John Thynne — who had supported Arsenal from before the war — was always talking about a film made in 1939 called The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.

These books would appear in full, so the reader of the novel would read the reading of the narrator — mysteries, romances, westerns, sci fi, and «literary» fiction, his taste would be catholic.

, fell into one of six genres: mystery, humor, fantasy, horror, western, and science fiction.

The stories, from an online repository of books in the public domain called Project Gutenberg, fell into one of six genres: mystery, humor, fantasy, horror, western, and science fiction.

I enjoy a pretty wide variety of genres (including fantasy, historical, mystery, classic, literary fiction, non-fiction, memoirs), although I tend to steer clear of «fluffy» chick lit (think The Shopaholic series) and erotica.

Instead they prefer men of mystery, with 19 % picking thrillers as the sexiest genre a man can read, so any men palming through one of Benjamin Black's crime fiction novels (real name John Banville, he uses Black as a pseudonym - it just adds to his mystery!)

I read a lot of everything — science fiction, science, philosophy, novels, short stories, mysteries, literary fiction, old books — everything.

We're interested in a wide range of genres including romance, fantasy, YA, mystery, women's fiction and self - help and business non-fiction.

About Blog The review of Christian fiction covering the genres of the supernatural, spiritual warfare, military, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and suspense, and edgy, Christian speculative fiction from a Christian / biblical worldview.

Adapted here by Alex Garland, riding on the modest success of his directorial debut, Ex Machina, as an infidelity mystery wrapped in big science fiction ideas and a splicing of cinematic DNA of Andrei Tarkovsky and John Carpenter, among others.

A haunting and genuinely frightening, sci - fi mystery that's as elliptical and unnerving as Tarkovsky's Stalker and as trippy as Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - with a plethora of other science fiction influences thrown in for good measure.

Sure, there are plenty of loose ends and logic loopholes to have to contend with, but with fine performances, a nifty plot, and solid production values all around, Deja Vu overcomes familiar story elements to deliver a lively and interesting thriller for those who enjoy mysteries mixed with fantasy and science fiction elements.

A chase film with tinges of science fiction in the margins, this is a thriller that does not burden its audience or overcomplicate its narrative with extraneous exposition, allowing you as the viewer to piece many of its mysteries together yourself.

Across several releases, including 2010's The ArchAndroid and 2013's The Electric Lady, Monáe has maintained an air of mystery, crafting intricate worlds built around science fiction.

On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler - free discussion and review of Annihilation, a science - fiction, mystery, quasi-horror film about an alien anomaly that forms its own unusual ecosystem on Earth, drastically changing all life within it.

Most notable among these is the gently playful shoehorning of genre elements into a whispery character study: 40 - odd minutes in, the film casually yawns, stretches and takes up an shaggy - dog mystery plot born of the director's love for detective fiction.

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As an Aussie science fiction writer: http://www.goldenvisionsmagazi… I've been a Marvel Thor fan since the original Journey into Mystery of August 1962.

Bong is known for directing monster movie «The Host» but he also essayed the wildly fascinating true - life mystery «Memories Of Murder,» and setting himself up for an ambitious science - fiction narrative is a major step up to the big leagues.

This film has elements of science fiction, horror and mystery.

A sublimely articulated mindbender, seductively crafted, steeped in mystery, and one that teases the audience with numerous ambiguities, and needling puzzles, Blade Runner 2049 is one of speculative fiction's crown jewels.

One of the things that makes this quasi-science fiction mystery so different from not only most US independents but cinema from anywhere, is its reliance on imagery, sound, editing and music to transmit what we might, for want of a better term, call its «story».

There isn't a bad film in the bunch, and really, this is some of the greatest mystery fiction ever written.

It's not Star Wars or The Avengers, but it's a near - perfect blend of pure science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and action rolled into one.

What do you get when you take what is probably the greatest baseball film ever made («Eight Men Out»), a magical Irish fairytale («The Secret of Roan Inish»), a strange science fiction film about a mute, black alien who lands in Harlem («The Brother from Another Planet») and one of the best mystery / suspense films in recent years («Lone Star»)?

Neil Marshall's acclaimed British horror - thriller «The Descent» draws on plenty of other genre classics for visual inspiration, from otherworldly mysteries («Picnic at Hanging Rock») to oudoor adventure («Deliverance,» «Jaws») to science - fiction («Alien») and straight - out horror («The Blair Witch Project»).

A haunting and genuinely frightening, sci - fi mystery that's as elliptical and unnerving as Tarkovsky's Stalker and as trippy as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey — with a plethora of other science fiction influences thrown in for good measure.

Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock begins with a tantalizing note, a mystery within the mystery of the book itself: «Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction, my readers must decide for themselves.

We begin by telling our groups that every work of fiction is actually a mystery.

I enjoy reading all different kinds of books, including mystery, animal fiction, etc..

(Just the list of categories into which Avi's books fall is impressive: comedy; mystery; adventure and historical fiction; fantasy; animal tales; ghosts; young adult; early reader; short stories, and biography!)

The books cover a wide variety of fiction genres including realistic fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, mystery, and historical fiction.

I surrounded the octopus with titles of the genres that my students will be reading: fantasy, mystery, adventure, science fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and nonfiction (these large titles are hard to see in this photograph).

Equity of Evil by Rudy Mazzocchi is the winner of the Gold Medal for the Mystery / Suspense / Thriller category in the 2011 eLIT Awards; a finalist in the Suspense / Thriller category of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the winner in the Suspense Fiction category of the 2012 Global eBook Awards.

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1), it's a mystery / thriller / suspense / action / adventure / multicultural / multiracial / dark romance / international crime fiction / coming of age / dark humor / Young Adult / New Adult / sports / travel / multilingual (subtitles are added where needed) to name a few genres that are included.

Over the course of her dynamic career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense and erotica.

I'm a member of a fantastic critique group, and we have two middle - grade writers, two science fiction writers, two fantasy writers, a YA science fiction writer, and a historical mystery / thriller writer.

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