Texts for Class

Here are links to pdf and online stories (you can choose which you prefer to read).

Some links will be provided closer to class dates. Readings marked with asterisk (*) indicate these are found in Best Mystery Short Stories of 2022. You can either purchase this book or check out from the Library.

2/6: Introductions

2/13: Saber of London (Drama episode: "The Penny Black")

2/20: The Beryl Coronet (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

2/27: The Egyptian Tomb (Agatha Christie)

Television episode (35): Egyptian Tomb on Internet Archives

3/5: The Tape Measure Murder (Agatha Christie)

3/12: Miss Fisher and the Green Mill Murder (Kerry Greenwood, drama)

3/19: Bang on the Money (Ginny Swart, Best Mysteries, 416-426)

3/26: NO CLASS--Spring Break

4/2: To Catch a Thief story (E.W. Hornung)

To Catch a Thief drama

4/9: To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, film)

4/16: The Main Death (Dashiell Hammett)

4/23: The Sullivan Kidnapping (Dragnet radio drama)

4/30: Give or Take an Inch (Joseph Walker, Best Mysteries, 460-471)

5/7: Disguise for Murder (Nero Wolfe drama)--Episode #9

Or: this audio version

5/14: El Cuerpo en el Barril (Tom Larson, Best Mysteries, 106-156)

5/21: Avalon: When a Strange Comes to Town (Michael Connelly, Best Mysteries, 76-92)

5/28: Boo Radley College Prep (Karen Harrington)

6/4: Conclusions