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Current Issue: Northern California Mysteries I is available in hardcopy or as a downloadable PDF.
Recent Issues: Retail Murder (Summer 2025); London Mysteries II (Spring 2025); London Mysteries I (Winter 2024).
Coming Up: Northern California II; Cross-Genre Mysteries; Mysteries Set in France; Thrillers. Submit an article!
MYSTERY FANFARE
- MIDSOMER MURDERS, Series 25, Premiere
- THANKSGIVING MYSTERIES // Thanksgiving Crime Fiction
- Cartoon of the Day: Writer’s Life
- VINTAGE BOOK WEEK POSTERS
- Cartoon of the Day: Writer
- COOPER & FRY: New detective series based on Stephen Booth’s mysteries
- Pushing the Keyboard Past Ninety: Guest Post by Larry and Rosemary Mild
- VETERANS DAY CRIME FICTION
DYING FOR CHOCOLATE
- Happy Birthday, Mickey! Cookies & Cream Mickey Mouse Cupcakes
- Helga’s Super Easy Triple Chocolate Trifle + Caramel Topping: Guest Post by Daryl Wood Gerber
- TURKEY CAKE PANS: THE PERFECT TURKEY CAKE FOR THANKSGIVING
- CHOCOLATE PECAN BOURBON BUNDT CAKE: National Bundt Day
- Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Pudding: Bread Pudding Day!
- BLACK BOTTOM PUMPKIN PIE: Thanksgiving
- CHOCOLATE BROWNIE STRAWBERRY SUNDAE: National Sundae Day!
- WARTIME CHOCOLATE CAKE: 3 Recipes for Veterans Day!

