Mysteries!

Books - Book Groups - Movies - Websites

Book Lists

	Christian Mysteries Popular mysteries in the Christian fiction genre.
	Da Vinci Code Readalikes Loved The Da Vinci Code? Can't wait another day for Dan Brown's new book? Well here's a little something to tide you over...
	A Dash of Suspense: Ten Culinary Mysteries Dig in to these mysteries dealing with all things culinary.
	Mysteries... New mysteries, classic mysteries, nonfiction books about mysteries-- we've got it all right here!
	Oh, the Horror! Books to make your skin crawl.
	Staff Picks: Mysteries Check out the mysteries that library staff have been reading! And while you are there you can peruse other genres like fiction, classic fiction, nonfiction, biography, cookbooks, graphic novels...
	True Crime For nonfiction lovers who want to read the real thing, here are 15 true crime classics, including Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.
	Amateur Detectives Detectives come in all kinds of packages in these fun mysteries.
	Mysteries for Kids Whether puzzling over pictures or following a trail of more complicated clues, young readers and listeners will enjoy testing their sleuthing skills with these titles. You can browse even more in our catalog under Mystery And Detective Stories.

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Book Groups

• Mystery Book Group
  Meets at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Library in the Quiet Reading Room on the first floor on the third Friday of the month at 1 pm.

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Movies

	Agatha Christie Follow the investigations of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.
	Alfred Hitchcock The master of suspense.
	Classic Movie Mysteries Borrow a video of the Maltese Falcon, Anatomy of a Murder, The Thin Man, or the Big Sleep. Check out more here...
	Sherlock Holmes The master sleuth created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

You can find additional television and movie mysteries by browsing:
Detective And Mystery Television Programs
Detective And Mystery Films
Murder -- Drama.

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Websites

• Crime Fiction Dossier
  http://www.crimefictionblog.com/
  This is a blog (Web Log) by David J. Montgomery, a writer and critic specializing in crime fiction and regularly contributor to the Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe and USA Today.

• Harper Collins Mystery Channel
  At this publisher's website you can browse their books by category, author, and title.
  • Detective Data
    The lowdown on favorite characters.

• Mystery Lovers Bookshop
  http://www.mysterylovers.com/
  This local bookstore in Oakmont specializes in mystery and crime fiction.
  • Eleventh Annual Festival of Mystery
    Monday, April 24, 2006 from 4 to 9 pm

• Mystery Readers International
  http://www.mysteryreaders.org/
  Includes links to Reading Groups (and how to start your own), mystery periodicals, and mystery bookstores. Their readers choose the Macavity Award for the best mystery novels, nonfiction, and short story of the year.

• Mystery Writers of America
  http://www.mysterywriters.org/
  This organization awards the annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards® (the "Edgars®"). Their "Resources" also include links to other websites of criminal interest.

• Reader's Advisory Adult Reading Lists
  The selection from the Mid-Continent Public Library includes mysteries based on a theme.
  • Culinary Mysteries

• Sisters in Crime
  http://www.sistersincrime.org/
  Sisters in Crime is an international organization of writers, readers, booksellers, librarians, agents, editors, reviewers, and teachers interested in promoting the work of women mystery writers. On their website you can browse through books in print to discover women mystery writers.
  • Sisters in Crime Pittsburgh
    This is the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter which meets at the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, Pa.

• Stop, You're Killing Me!
  http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/
  This site for lovers of mystery, intrigue and suspense books offers hundreds of authors, with complete, chronological lists of their books, as well as a character index.