Electronic Resources
DorothyL - This is a mystery listserv named after Dorothy L. Sayers. Members include mystery writers, publishers, and readers. Available in digest form. To subscribe, send an email message to Listserv@Listserv.Kent.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the text, write "subscribe" your name.
Gaslight - Another mailing list. This one discusses short stories up from the Victorian era, up to 1919. To subscribe: Send an email message to Mailserv@MtRoyal.AB.CA . Leave the subject line blank, in the body of the message type: subscribe Gaslight .
The Mysterious Homepage - From ClueLass.com. Contains links to Web addresses of general mystery guides, specific authors, specific characters, themes in mystery fiction, newsgroups, mailing lists, publishers, and lots more.
Crime Fiction Reviews - From reviewtheevidence.com.
Mystery Readers International - The largest mystery / fan reader organization in the world. Members vote each year to nominate and select the winners of the Macavity Award. Site includes Mystery Readers Journal, Q & A's with authors, and Reading Group links
Web Mystery Magazine - Articles, columns, new fiction.
Major Awards
Agatha Award - Literary award for mystery and crime writers who write mystery novels in the traditional method exemplified by Agatha Christie. Given annually by Malice Domestic, Ltd.
Anthony Award - Given to a writer at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
Dagger Award - Given by the Crime Writers Association.
Edgar Awards - Given by Mystery Writers of America.
Macavity Award - Given by Mystery Readers International
Shamus Award - Given by the Private Eye Writers of America.
Book Lists
African-American Detectives - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Agatha and Dorothy - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Art Mysteries - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Barking Good Mysteries - Taking a Bite out of Crime. From the Sachem Public Library.
Beach Mysteries - Location, Location, Location! From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Bibliomysteries - Mysteries featuring books, book dealers, librarians and libraries. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Bibliomysteries - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
British Procedurals - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
By the Pricking of My Thumb - Gardening Mysteries. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Campus Crimes - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Comic Capers - Funny Mysteries from the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Cozy Mysteries - Mysteries where the murder is "off the page". From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Crime in the Great Outdoors - Park Rangers, Fish & Game, & Ecological Causes. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Crime in the Pacific Northwest - Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. From the the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Crime Novels and Mystery Fiction - From the Waterboro Public Library in Maine. A variety of links to mystery book lists by subject.
Culinary Mysteries - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Death in the Theater - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Detecting Lawyers - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Detective and the Toga - Mysteries set in Ancient Rome. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
The Detective Doesn't Wear Trousers - From the State Library of Tasmania.
Ecclesiastical Mysteries - Priests on the Prowl & Nuns on the Run. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Ed McBain and Reginald Hill - Police Procedures Personified. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
European and African Sleuths - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Female Private Investigators - If you like Janet Evanovich, you might want to try these. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Forensic Detectives - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Gay Mystery Novels - From the Auckland City Libraries.
Geneology Mysteries - From the Lincoln City Mysteries
Grandma Gumshoes - From the St. Charles Public Library.
Great Lakes Regional Mysteries - Not Chicago. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Greusome Gardens - From the Skokie Public Library.
Historical Mysteries - Based on an article in The Armchair Detective, books that have settings that take place in specific eras and centuries. Updated by the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Holiday Mysteries - Mysteries taking place during the winter holidays. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Human & Animal Teams - Cats solving mysteries? From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Husband & Wife Sleuths - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Investigative Reporters - Mysteries where crimes are solved by reporters. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Killer Crafts - Mysteries involving crafts. From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Killer Fiction - Psychopaths. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Lesbian Mysteries - From the Auckland City Libraries.
Locked Room Mysteries - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Male Private Investigators - (Ex-Cops). From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Marcia Muller and Sara Paretsky - Socially responsible ladies. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Massachusetts Mysteries - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Mean Streets: Hardboiled Fiction - From Winfield Public Library.
Medical Mysteries - Mysteries set in a hospital or invoving hospital personnel. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Medical Suspense Fiction - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Mormon Mysteries - Mysteries featuring Mormons. From the Latter-day Saints.
Murder by Toaster - Murders committed using unusual objects. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Murder On Board - Cruise and Sailing Mysteries. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Mystery and Suspense with Transvestite or Transexual Themes -
Mysteries of the Far East - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Mysterious Gardens - From the Omaha Public Library.
Native American Mysteries - From the Nevins Memorial Library.
Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Real Detectives - Historicals with Real People as Sleuths. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Senior Sleuths - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Slightly Off Key - Mysteries with a musical note. From the St. Charles Public Library.
Sports Mysteries - From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Supernatural Mysteries - Mysteries involving ghosts, vampires, and other supernatural creatures. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Thrillers: How are They Different from Mysteries? From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Where It Done? - Mysteries with a Strong Sense of Place. From the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
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