The Art of Mystery: The Search for Questions

Maud Casey's The Art of Mystery attempts to provide an analysis of how mystery fiction works (“Mystery in fiction, means taking the reader to that land of Un—uncertainty, unfathomability, unknowing. It’s Kafka’s axe to the frozen seas of our souls. In other words, it will—and it should—mess you up.”). But its primary value instead is to provide a useful list of recommended authors and books.