Cozy Mystery Book Review: The Fire Diamond

The Fire Diamond by C. B. Wilson is a richly layered cozy mystery that held my attention from start to finish. With its golden-age mystery flavor, hardboiled energy, and cozy storytelling style, The Fire Diamond is a delight. I highly recommend it to cozy mystery lovers who enjoy international intrigue, engaging characters, full-on excitement, and enough romance to keep things interesting. (Read More …)

DC Update – Lives Lost

Many of you are fans of DC, my tortoiseshell cat with plenty of “tortie-tude,” whether from my blog or as a beloved character in the Dickens Station Christmas Cozy Mystery Series. Well, my favorite fourteen-year-old feline lost two of her nine lives last year. Since we’re not sure how many of her nine lives she has left, life is changing for this scrappy cat. Click “Read More” for the whole story. (Read More …)

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, editor, and literary critic.

In honor of the author’s birthday, here is a republication of Mystery’s History Episode Two, which celebrates Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in the Rue Morgue, published in 1841 and widely heralded as the first modern detective story.

Enjoy! (Read More …)

Happy Birthday Dianna Mattson

January 2nd is Dianna Mattson’s birthday. You all know Dianna as Dickens Station’s answer to Jessica Fletcher and as the co-manager of The Market Street General Store, along with her husband, Charley. But many of you may not know the mysterious story of how Dianna and Charley met that first week she came to live among us here in Dickens Station. So, I have republished for your enjoyment a DSDT article I wrote in 2023, introducing Dianna to our Dickens Stationers and guests. And I’ve included links to A Sugarbush Easter, the free short story about, as Dianna puts it, “the night I murdered the man who, years later, became my husband, and one of Dianna’s mini mysteries, The Case of the Telltale Tiles. Please join me in wishing Dianna a happy birthday when you see her. – Emily Dodson, Editor, Dickens Station Daily Telegraph – (Read More …)