Calling Flavia "too much of a caricature to appeal to the subtlety-seeking adult mystery reader," she declared the language "often tedious" and the references "too obscure" for younger readers.

It's that mystery readers are, on the whole, addicts.

A Peter Robinson plot is unique, a challenge to the most astute mystery reader.

Mystery Scene's focus is firmly on mystery readers and fans, as opposed to writers or other industry professionals.

Time is a luxury the mystery reader will happily indulge striving authors.

Mr. Mosley's first audience came from the cadre of passionate American mystery readers who pounce on anything new.

After indulging homicidal maniacs who tracked blood all over the genre for the last few seasons, mystery readers were probably ready for more civilized killers with more agreeable manners.

You may or may not be a mystery reader.

The Wallander novels are gruesome enough to satisfy any gore-loving mystery reader.

The story came out just in time for the third annual meeting of mystery readers at Mohonk, and Dan Burry was beaming.