Many of his stories are mysteries set in foreign places, Spain and Russia being popular sources of inspiration.

Two crimes, decades apart, are linked by rock music in this mystery, set in Yorkshire.

Sometimes it takes an ugly crime to show us the true face of a pretty city, and that's usually the case with mysteries set in foreign places.

From a child I have understood that I am a mystery set in the midst of many other mysteries.

It's a good mystery set against, what else, a vast conspiracy, to be investigated by a detective whose police authority is in political limbo.

In the books, she is called upon to solve mysteries set in an academic context, usually involving the murder of a professor or student.

"But we've yet to have anyone ask for a mystery set in Trenton."

"Well, that's part of the fun of writing a mystery set in the era before scanning technology," Jake replied.

These days, every mystery set in California seems to arrive with an environmental message.

Vance has also written mysteries set in his science-fiction universes.