I Love a Good Mystery and A Great Mystery Author

I'm not a collector. Still can't understand the attraction of collecting piles of stamps, coins, dolls or whatever. Sounds a bit nutty to me.

Ahem. However, I can't make fun of those collectors with quite as much superiority in my tone. I confess to one obsession- mysteries and crime stories. I'm hooked on 'em. Hello, my name is Lynn and I've seen every episode of the original Law and Order series, at least twice. Not only that, I've read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories two or three times. And watched the PBS Sherlock Holmes mini-series twice. I know what the characters in The Hound of the Baskervilles are going to say before they do. But it's not just fiction. I'm absolutely hooked on The Forensic Files and similar stories about real cases. Any wonder I'm writing a mystery?

Imagine my delight when I read a story about one of my beloved authors Agatha Christie. Her grandson was cleaning out a house and found old tapes she recorded talking about her writing. Fascinating. Listen to the NPR story to learn more

I also love George Simenon and his famous Inspector Jules Maigret. I adore Chester Himes novels. I discovered the raw power of Daddy Cool, one of sixteen novels written by Donald Goines. I've also enjoyed reading Angela Henry, Paula L. Woods and more. I love a good murder mystery. Can't even list the now hundreds of "favorite novels" I've read over the years. Guess I'm one of those eccentric collectors after all. Oh my.