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Bianca Marais

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Can you put together the pieces of these puzzle-ing mysteries?

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By Susie Dent, K.A. Merson, Bianca Marais, Danielle Trussoni
| The Charlotte Observer Verified
For years, the most beloved part of my personal library was my two-volume set of the Oxford English Dictionary ("the OED," to word nerds everywhere). Poring over its tissue-thin pages, tracing a word's etymology, scouring a follow-up entry then another and another, realizing hours later I'd fallen down a logophile's rabbit hole. Bliss. As a result of this obsession I love to read puzzle mysteries. I don't mean mysteries with puzzling plots.
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How to Improvise a Locked Room Murder Mystery

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By Bianca Marais
| CrimeReads Verified
You know that scene from The Lion King where the hyenas keep repeating Mufasa’s name to give themselves the heebie-jeebies? If you want to see mystery and thriller writers react similarly, quote the famous EL Doctorow quote. “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” Article continues after advertisement Most crime writers I know don’t want to navigate in the fog with just their headlights to guide them.
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A MOST PUZZLING MURDER

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By Bianca Marais
| Kirkus Reviews Verified
As the prosecutor sadly observes: “All this because of a dead buffalo.” Idyllic Catalina Island turns out to be just as crime infested as the rest of Los Angeles County in the latest series launch by the creator of Harry Bosch, Renée Ballard, and the Lincoln Lawyer. Det. Sgt.
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