In Episode 49 Gen and Jette get out their magnifying glasses and trench coats for a genre breakdown trying to solve the mystery genre. We had lots of fun breaking this one down and looking at all the different sub-genres within mystery. (Including bumbling detective, amateur detective, caper/heist, comedy detective, cozy/soft boiled, hardboiled, holmesian, and whodunit.)
One conclusion is clear: the mystery genre offers something for everyone and we need to read more of them!
Show Notes
Agatha Christie has written 66 novels under her own name, 6 under a pseudonym, 14 short stories, and a handful of plays, which have sold over a billion copies worldwide.
Read more about Agatha Christie in Publisher’s Weekly: “In the Study, with a Typewriter.”
Books and Authors Mentioned
Agatha Christie
Dorothy L Sayers
Elizabeth Daly
Dashiell Hammett
Raymond Chandler
Sue Grafton
P.D. James
Robert Ludlum
Tom Clancy
Mary Higgins Clark
Riley Sager
Michael Crichton
Kathy Reichs
John Grisham
Dennis Lehane’s Kinsey and Gennaro Series
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Series
Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse Series
Nancy Drew Series
The Hardy Boys Series
Dark Places, Sharp Objects, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Guest List and The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Joyland by Stephen King
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
I’ll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
TV Shows and Movies Mentioned
Knives Out
James Bond
Pretty Little Liars
Bones
True Blood
The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley
Scooby-Doo
Murder She Wrote
Columbo
The Baby-Sitters Club
Supernatural
Elementary
