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Articles on Mystery

October 5, 2023

Holly by Stephen King: a timely work of crime fiction about not judging a book by its cover

Andrew Dix, Loughborough University

The third book to feature the eponymous detective is a whydunnit not a whodunnit.

August 25, 2023

Christopher Pittard, University of Portsmouth

The enjoyment of the show is not in working out who did it but in the eccentricities of the ever-turning plot.

July 6, 2023

Tory Young, Anglia Ruskin University; Christopher Pittard, University of Portsmouth; Emily West, University of Reading; Naomi Adam, University of Liverpool; Paddy Brennan, University of Liverpool, and Vanessa Marr, University of Brighton

Six of the best books from 2023 to read this summer.

February 9, 2022

James Hodgson, University of Manchester

People don’t just go on retreat to discover themselves. They also go hoping to find magical connections with others.

January 22, 2021

Christopher Pittard, University of Portsmouth

Christie used her Belgian sleuth to unpick ideas of England and Englishness.

Christopher Pittard
Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth
Paddy Brennan
PhD candidate, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool
Tory Young
Associate Professor in Department of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University
Vanessa Marr
Principal Lecturer in School of Art and Media, University of Brighton
Naomi Adam
Postgraduate researcher in English Language and Literature, University of Nottingham
Emily West
Professor of American History, University of Reading
James Hodgson
Research Associate in Sociology of Relationships and Personal Life, University of Manchester
Andrew Dix
Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University