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Current Issue: Mysteries Set in Africa is available in hardcopy or as a downloadable PDF.
Recent Issues: Legal Mysteries (Winter 2022); Art Mysteries (Fall 2022); New England Mysteries II (Summer 2022); New England Mysteries I (Spring 2022).
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MYSTERY FANFARE
- SISTER BONIFACE, Season 2
- The Great Detective: Ten Ways Holmes Influenced the Mystery Genre: Guest Post by Amber M. Royer
- Cartoon of the Day: Cats
- THE NIGHT AGENT: Netflix TV series
- K.C. Constantine: R.I.P.
- RITA LAKIN: R.I.P.
- And They Say Crime Doesn’t Pay? Guest Post by Stefán Máni
- ENDEAVOR: FINAL SEASON: PBS Masterpiece
DYING FOR CHOCOLATE
- BLACK FOREST MUG CAKE: National Black Forest Cake Day
- BLACK FOREST PIE: Retro Ad & Recipe for Black Forest Cake Day!
- CHOCOLATE WHISKY FUDGE: World Whisky Day!
- CHOCOLATE NOUGAT CAKE: Retro Recipe for National Nougat Day!
- Cartoon of the Day: Waffling
- CHOCOLATE WAFFLES: National Waffle Day
- OATMEAL CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN COOKIES: Chocolate Covered Raisin Day!
- CHOCOLATE TAMALES: National Tamales Day!