1. Little Landscapes of Daintiness and Elegance 01/29/12
(Columns/On Marking Books)

... Even though they express many of the Victorian preferences for ornamentation, they also have a mystery and elegance that draws the eye into their miniature worlds. Although I could never prove it, my ...

2. New Light on Old Crimes 01/15/12
(Columns/Book Brunch)

... more about Lev and his work on his website. Lev has reviewed for the Washington Post, Boston Review, NPR, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Jerusalem Report and the Detroit Free Press where he had a mystery ...

3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 12/25/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... a collection of Eric Dresser’s images; Theft at the George Eastman House, the story a fifth graders field trip to the famous house and the mystery that must be solved; and Spitfire, a historical novel ...

4. A Jane Austen Christmas 12/18/11
(Past Columns/Past: Book Brunch)

... that they arrived in my e-mail in box was like a Jane Austen gift explosion! I was totally blown away by the diversity and creativity. From romantic to mystery to fantastical, it’s all there. Lev: How ...

5. Literary Gift Guide, Part 5 12/18/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... Virginia Woolf Literary Tour is not set at a specific date but rather runs all year; the cost is just under $2,000 (depending on the pound to dollar exchange rate at the time you schedule). Mystery and ...

6. Literary Gift Guide, Part 4 12/11/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... me is her sense of design. She communicates it so clearly that I can make changes in my own home with the knowledge I pick up from reading her books. Mystery of Coyote Canyon is a young adult thriller ...

7. Literary Gift Guide, Part 2 11/27/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... chef Isabel Cruz, a signed hardcover first edition of the book, a discussion, and the opportunity to chat with the author. For mystery fans in New York, a Friday the 13th Luncheon Adventure pairs Elizabeth ...

8. Literary Gift Guide, Part 1 11/20/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... and should use to spin your own. Mystery lovers would likely love this coffin-shaped gift box filled some new books, a special salt and pepper set, the Murder Ink note pad plus the Syringe Pen, some Crime ...

9. There and Back Again 11/13/11
(Past Columns/Past: Book Brunch)

... work on his website. Lev has reviewed for the Washington Post, Boston Review, NPR, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Jerusalem Report and the Detroit Free Press where he had a mystery column for almost ...

10. What’s in the Cards? 11/06/11
(Past Columns/Past: Reading the Truth)

... here, but the history and sometime mystery of the cards combined with Stern’s real-world advice make for a thought-provoking combination. Of course, true believers in tarot readings will view the cards ...

11. A Season of Favorites 11/06/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... Inspector Green mystery series, that opens with a phone call to the missing persons unit of the Ottawa police and a missing wealthy social activist. Is the frozen body found only block’s from the man’s ...

12. Spooks & Goblins on the Page 10/30/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... only have a few books. In the fiction arena is the Eden thriller e-book trilogy, books that “weave history, archeology, and the struggle between good and evil into a mystery of unrelenting suspense and ...

13. The Companionship of Art and Writing
 10/16/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... dealers will be there to chat and sell. Admission is only $6. The Pub House: Oceanview Publishing is an independent house specializing in original mystery, thriller, and suspense books. They opened ...

14. Medieval Enigma 10/16/11
(Past Columns/Past: Book Brunch)

... it was the language of the mystery plays that taught the lives of the saints. In English, a mother scolded her child, a child tended sheep, tanners shouted to each other across an alley. In other words, ...

15. Reading Choices 10/09/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... I did finish two books: Murder in the Rue de Paradis, a mystery by Cara Black, and No Way Down: Life and Death on K2, the true story of a 2008 mountaineering disaster by Graham Bowley.  Unfortunately, ...

16. Wandering with the Wonderers 10/09/11
(Past Columns/Past: Reading the Truth)

... carbon, silicon, oxygen, iron, and ultimately the rocky substrate of the Earth, even life and consciousness. Far from explaining away the mystery of the world, our new knowledge of matter rubs our noses ...

17. What’s in a Title? 09/25/11
(Past Columns/Past: Biographology)

... readers to know who the book was about right away, as well as to signal a mystery was at hand. Dana Andrews was a star and played the hero in his films many times. But certain critics noted that his heroes ...

18. Title to be Forthcoming 09/18/11
(Past Columns/Past: From the Ed Desk)

... when I looked it up to write about it this week. Among their (many) other genres are biography & memoir, crafts & hobbies, fantasy, food & wine, mystery, paranormal romance, pets, Spanish, ...

19. Family Mysteries 09/18/11
(Past Columns/Past: Book Brunch)

... be to weave together the three stories, acknowledging the doubts and the lacunae. Those gaps are as much a part of the story as the facts; memory may be equal parts record and mystery. Books ...

20. Lost Light: Words from the Overshadowed 09/18/11
(Past Columns/Past: Reading the Truth)

... in our own fogs, our own shadows, albeit some less arresting than others. And it remains a mystery why in some couples one lover casts such a long shadow over the other, and why the overshadowed lover ...