It’s not the run-of-the-mill kill ’em and find ’em. “People learn something about another era. “We sell anything historical that we can get our hands on,” Misters says, and adds that “absolutely, without a doubt,” historical mysteries are gaining in popularity. Though the genre has its superstars (including Stephen Sailor, Nancy Davis, Michael Jecks, and Ellis Peters), Marian Misters, co-owner of Toronto’s Sleuth of Baker Street, says that the dearth of authors (relative to mysteries) makes most of the books hot properties. Readers, no longer satisfied with the pure entertainment value of a thriller, are craving a little elucidation with their whodunit. Aspiring authors looking for an entrée into publishability and as yet unencumbered with genre might consider writing a historical mystery.
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