Surprising Mystery Authors

What happens when you take a write known for another genre and add mystery? Brook and Sarah discuss authors who have successfully crossed genres into mystery.

Discussed and mentioned

The Red House Mystery (1922) A.A. Milne

The Lost World (1912) Arthur Conan Doyle

Blood on the Dining Room Floor: A Murder Mystery(1948) Gertrude Stein

Tales of the Black Widowers (1964) Isaac Asimov

Holly (2023) Stephen King

Mr. Mercedes (2014) Stephen King

Misery (1987) Stephen King

Alias Grace (1996) Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin (2000) Margaret Atwood

The Name of the Rose (1983) Umberto Eco