Category Archives: mystery

Remington Steele post

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I had a new post up on The Criminal Element yesterday – Dynamic Duos: Remington Steele and Laura Holt.

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Historical Mystery Series I Have Loved

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

My mystery-reading binge isn’t quite as overwhelming as it was for a while, but I’m still in that mode, especially feeling a craving for historicals. I’m thinking of doing some rereads. I recommend both of these series very highly. Sarah … Continue reading →

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Sexual Mores in J.D. Robb

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

One of the ways J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) uses to cue “it’s the future!” in the Eve Dallas mysteries is her portrayal of social/sexual mores. Though the future is noir, rife with horrible murders and serial killers (otherwise, no work … Continue reading →

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Days of Our (Future) Lives: Romance in J.D. Robb

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

One of the reasons J.D. Robb’s mystery series has continued so long, so successfully, is that it has ongoing romantic elements. There’s the main couple, futuristic police detective Eve Dallas and her financier husband Roarke, but there is also a … Continue reading →

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The Jetsons Future of J.D. Robb

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been slowly reading the Eve Dallas mysteries by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts), a few at a time, and recently passed number 25 in the series. Even while reading the first in the series, Naked in Death, I’ve thought the … Continue reading →

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Criminal Element is live!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been doing some blogging for a new mystery/crime novel site, The Criminal Element, and it’s finally launched this week! My first post for the site is Crime’s Couples: Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January and Rose Vitrac, from her series of … Continue reading →

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New Finds and New DNFs – Mystery

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been on a mystery kick lately, and I tried some new-to-me authors this time around. Winners for me were Chelsea Cain (Heartsick) and Joanne Dobson (Quieter than Sleep and its sequels) and Barbara Hamilton, who is actually Barbara Hambly, … Continue reading →

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New to my TBR

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Alert! I should have a new post at Heroes and Heartbreakers about one of my all-time favorite romantic couples. # I’ve been more careful about buying fiction lately. My To Be Read piles are so frightening that I probably couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Love & Mysteries

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

“Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective’s struggle to solve the problem. It stacks the cards, and in nine cases out of ten, it eliminates at least … Continue reading →

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Have His Carcase – Peter Wimsey on tv

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m guestblogging today over at Crista McHugh’s blog, on “Take All Chances.” Have His Carcase stars Edward Petherbridge as Peter Wimsey. The production is notable, for me, for the excellence of the sexual tension portrayed by Petherbridge and Harriet Walter, … Continue reading →

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