2 Guns and It's A Mystery to Me


I remember reading my first mystery in the 7th grade. It was a Sherlock Holmes story, "The Speckled Band", and I remember watching the old Miss Marple movies from the 40's/50's. I've been hooked on them ever since.

My favorites are Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot. Rumpole, Inspector Morse, Ellery Queen, and Lord Peter Whimsey, Jessica Fletcher, and my very favorite Brother Cadfael.

I guess the reason that I lean towards the british so much is that the only good mysteries you could find on TV for so long were on PBS's "Mystery" (I love Diana Rigg. To me she will always be Emma Peel). The one exception was in the 70's when one of the networks ran an "Ellery Queen" series. They cancelled it because it "required to much intelligence on the part of the viewer.", their words, not mine. I guess they've changed the way they regard their viewers since the late 50's early 60's when "Perry Mason" first aired. I'm sorry but knowing who did the crime and watching the detective figure it out isn't as much fun as trying to figure out who did it from the start. At least the BBC gives it's viewer credit for having a modicum of intellegence. I guess I'd better shut my mouth before I get into trouble. Below are links to some of the mystery oriented website and newsgroups that I've found. I hope you enjoy them.

Mystery Newsgroup

Websites