Book Review: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith

There was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe — the only lady private detective in Botswana — brewed tea. And three mugs — one for herself, one for her secretary, […]

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The Inheritance of Hiram Percy Maxim

Hiram Percy Maxim stared at the plain metal box on the desk in front of him. His late father’s solicitor, an elderly man with an abnormally small mouth and beady […]

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Time Warping With God

The American psychologist and physician Alfred Adler saw dreams as preparation for action, so I was rather mystified when, about 35 years ago, I dreamed that God instructed me to, […]

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An Elementary History of Deduction

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.[1] – Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”   The art of […]

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What Mean These Stones? Archaeology, Poetry & Mystery

The mystic does not bring doubts or riddles: the doubts and riddles exist already. We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery […]

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The Mystery of Our History: How Knowledge of the Church Fathers Can Strengthen the Church

The mystery of church history is less of a mystery to solve and more of a heritage to discover. The “mystery” lies in time’s way of clouding the history we […]

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Agatha Christie and Worshiping False Gods

Ever since the publication of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which is generally thought to be the first murder mystery ever published, murder mysteries have  captivated […]

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The Secret of Father Brown

Introduction by Rebekah Valerius G.K. Chesterton was once asked to name his favorite detective novel. “As I am the President of a club consisting entirely of English writers of detective […]

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Gizem Dagl

‘Gizem Dağl’, or ‘Mountain of Mystery’ in Turkish, is a poem written in the Masnavi form. Writer’s Digest explains that the Masnavi (or Mathnawi) is an ancient form with Persian, […]

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Serial, Healing and the Silence of God: The Hunger for Order and Truth in a Postmodern Mystery

The New Yorker called it “the podcast to end all podcasts.”[1] The Washington Post called it a “cultural obsession.”[2] The podcast Serial had Game of Thrones-level water cooler buzz during […]

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