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1. Which mystery writer does not provide her protagonist with feline assistance?

2. What is the name of the peanut-butter-and-pickle-eating private eye in Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries?

3. Which of these authors does not use the southwest as a setting for their novels?

4. What is the pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter?

5. The movie Heavenly Creatures, starring Kate Winslet, is based on the true story of which mystery writer?

6. Who wrote the first mystery story?

7. Which of these is not a hobby of Dorothy L. Sayer's detective Lord Peter Wimsey?

8. Which mystery writer is also a dentist?

9. Which of these detecting couples was created by Agatha Christie?

10. In which story did Sherlock Holmes make his literary debut?

1. Which mystery writer does not provide her protagonist with feline assistance?
Lynda Barnes

2. What is the name of the peanut-butter-and-pickle-eating private eye in Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries?
Kinsey Millhone

3. Which of these authors does not use the southwest as a setting for their novels?
Sue Henry

4. What is the pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter?
Ellis Peters

5. The movie Heavenly Creatures, starring Kate Winslet, is based on the true story of which mystery writer?
Anne Perry

6. Who wrote the first mystery story?
Edgar Allen Poe

7. Which of these is not a hobby of Dorothy L. Sayer's detective Lord Peter Wimsey?
Fox hunting

8. Which mystery writer is also a dentist?
Faye Kellerman

9. Which of these detecting couples was created by Agatha Christie?
Tuppence and Tommy Beresford

10. In which story did Sherlock Holmes make his literary debut?
"A Study in Scarlet"

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