More 1984-like reinvention from our administration. Even dystopian novels come to an end; the trouble is, they never end happily. I, for one, am eager to band together and change the narrative! But now we weep for Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, and offer our support to the people of Minnesota.

When will actors who get shot on stage learn to be nicer to their peers before the curtain goes up? Certainly not in Death on the Pier, Jamie West's first Bertie Carroll mystery! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/21/t...

The Wooden Overcoat is fifty percent murder mystery and a hundred percent farce, complete with an overdramatic poodle, a homicidal cat, and a thousand rats with a sense of humor! It is to laugh!! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/18/b...

Our year-long survey of Perry Mason's Girls! Girls! Girls! begins with one who's sulky but sympathetic, naughty but nice - and, fortunately for us, in need of an ace attorney! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/17/n...

Well, it had to happen: I watched this so you a. don't have to or b. can chat along about it. Here's my HIGHLY spoiler-y take on Chris Chibnall's, er, Agatha Christie's Seven Dials! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/16/n...

The game's afoot: Antony Johnston's Can You Solve the Murder? makes the reader the detective and challenges you to figure out whodunit in this Choose-Your-Own-Adventure for grown-ups! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/15/i...

This year, on the advice of a friend, I intend to explore one of my favorite aspects of Agatha Christie's writing: her keen sense of theatricality. ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/12/a...

"Let's twist again, like we did last New Year's!" Yes, it's time for another Harlan Coben thriller on Netflix! Hoo boy! Here's my take . . . ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/07/n...

Ah Sweet Mystery's Perry Mason theme for 2026 is unveiled - and it's more like the dance of the seven veils!!! Hubba hubba hub!!! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/05/p...

Some exciting journeys in store for the Ah Sweet Mystery blog in 2026! I hope you'll come along for the ride! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/01/02/t...

It's my final post of the year wherein I present my ten favorite reads of 2025. I wish a healthy and happy New Year to you all! See you in '26! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/30/b...

It's my final crime novel of the year - and it's a good one! Thanks to @louisehk.bsky.social for the beautiful translation! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/27/%...

Here's a list of brilliant ensemble films - one for each day of Christmas - that you can watch with your family! Happy holidays to you all! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/24/w...

For our final meeting of the year, my Book Club played a game: how many transportation-themed mysteries can you come up with? ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/22/b...

After fifteen titles in fifteen months, The Poirot Project officially comes to an end . . . maybe. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/21/t...

Hey! Maybe 2026 WILL be better!!!

Another nomination for the 2025 reprint of the year, featuring a rare all-female sleuthing team and an intriguing Hawaiian setting. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/20/t...

YA author Maureen Johnson gives us her best heroine yet, a sardonic queer teen who deserves a better mystery. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/19/w...

Our final stop through the Perry Mason Menagerie takes us to the lair of a very big, very bad wolf! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/17/w...

@rianjohnson.bsky.social's latest chapter in the Knives Out saga has finally dropped on Netflix and is channeling John Dickson Carr in the best of ways! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/15/w...

It's time to celebrate the mystery reprints of 2025 and vote for your favorite at Cross Examining Crime. Here is the worthy first of my two nominees! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/12/13/t...

Death on the Nile, the penultimate entry in our Poirot Project is a cunning murder mystery, a romantic tragedy, and an epic travelogue. It is sublime. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/21/t...

It's nice to revisit Anthony Boucher after many years, but maybe this one works better as a Holmesian honorific than a murder mystery. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/20/d...

It's our penultimate visit to the Perry Mason Menagerie, although this time the animals are metaphorical! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/17/m...

My honkaku journey continues with Kosuke Kindaichi in a pair of shorts, and it only adds to my confusion! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/12/m...

The wait is over! The time is NOW!! Sergio, Nick and Brad draft the Top 13 Films Noirs of 1955!!! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/10/i...

In which Brad talks Hitchcock with the amazing @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/06/b...

What a pleasure to talk Hitchcock with Sergio!

Sergio Angelini invited me to chat with him about Hitchcock’s 1940 noirs . . . Part two!!

Here are the final three films under consideration for our upcoming draft of the top 13 films noirs of 1955. The draft is next week!! where will YOU be this Noirvember??https://ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/30/noirvember-55-part-12/

More Celia Fremlin, and a gently spooky collection of stories perfect for the Halloween season, yet ironically supplied by my Secret Santa!! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/27/t...

For lucky Number 13 of our Poirot Project, wouldn't you know? It's Hallowe'en Party! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/21/t...

No mean streets or dark alleys this time: the next three films in our upcoming Noirvember draft take place in a women's prison, the docks of San Francisco, and a lush island. The question: are they any good??? ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/19/n...

We're in for two months of monkey business at the Perry Mason Menagerie! First stop finds Perry facing down a maddened gorilla! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/17/m...

In which Brad hops aboard the Freeman Wills Crofts train for the first time . . . and his journey is delayed. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/13/b...

October brings the final batch of films before Sergio, Nick and I draft the Top 13 Films Noirs of 1955. Here are the first three. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/09/n...

@janicehallett.bsky.social's latest novel, The Killer Question, is a delight, full of twists and laughs! Plus, it inspired me to create my own Monday pub quiz!! (This one's strictly for mystery fans!) ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/06/p...

PLAYING THE GAME, PART I: You're the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder, a Solve-It-Yourself Mystery ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/03/p...

Part historical survey, part ludic analysis, John Curran's The Murder Game is an essential addition to the mystery lover's bookshelf. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/29/l...

With inexorable dread, we're inching ever closer to our Noirvember '55 draft!! Here are three more films for your consideration!! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/27/n...

Here are the answers to the Tenth Anniversary Great Big Gigantic Agatha Christie Quiz. You're welcome! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/24/t...

The Poirot Project - fifteen titles in fifteen months - and I knew I had to get to this one sooner or later! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/21/t...

The Mason Menagerie dips into luxury this month, as Della cries, "Make mine mink!" and Perry wonders what it's all fur! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/17/t...

Another first-time read of a brilliant author: Celia Fremlin's The Jealous One is incisive, suspenseful, and very funny. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/15/a...

To commemorate my tenth anniversary as a blogger, I present you with a gigantic Christie quiz! How much of an Agath-ologist are you?!? Can you identify thirty of my favorite quotations? ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/13/t...

The next trio of films under consideration for our Noirvember draft includes a double dose of hokum and a genuine masterpiece! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/10/n...

My deep dive into the noir films of 1955 continues as we inch ever closer to our big Noirvember draft. ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/03/n...

Ten years as a blogger? Me? ahsweetmystery.com/2025/09/01/o...

Two more TV mystery reviews for Saturday - but I have to warn you they're both pretty "meh." ahsweetmystery.com/2025/08/30/s...