Tag Archives: mystery

White Paper: Historical Context as Interpretive Framework in the Brother Cadfael Series: Understanding the Medieval Detective and His Ethical Posture

Posted on December 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Ellis Peters’s Brother Cadfael novels occupy a unique literary space: they are at once historical fiction, detective narrative, and moral meditation set against the backdrop of the English civil war known as The Anarchy (1135–1154). Their enduring appeal … Continue reading →

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Hur in the Exodus Narrative: A Biblicist White Paper on His Role, Identity, and Notable Absence After the Golden Calf

Posted on November 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Hur appears only a handful of times in the biblical text, yet he is placed beside Moses and Aaron at key moments in Israel’s early wilderness history. He functions as a stabilizing elder, a supporter of Moses’ God-ordained … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Medicus

Posted on September 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

Medicus, by Ruth Downie This book is the beginning of a mystery series about a Roman doctor (medicus, in Latin) who joins the army to pay off family debts and lives in austere poverty while sending as much money home … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Father Brown Of The Church Of Rome

Posted on August 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

Father Brown Of The Church Of Rome, selected mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton This book’s introduction gives the reader a solemn warning that readers who are deeply anti-Catholic are not going to like this particular book, which is true … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Death On The Nile

Posted on June 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

I am not sure if Kenneth Branagh is looking to make a franchise out of the Inspector Poirot series, but if so this is certainly a promising continuation to such a series. The film begins with a scene showing Poirot’s … Continue reading →

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Proposals For Solving A Brick Wall #1: A Genetic Genealogy Project

Posted on June 15, 2021 by nathanalbright

I have written before [1] about this particular issue, the most recent brick wall in my own family history. Considering the sort of stories I hear about people who struggle to find their ancestors, I have to admit that I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Star Over Bethlehem And Other Stories

Posted on April 21, 2021 by nathanalbright

Star Over Bethlehem And Other Stories, by Agatha Christie This book is a collection of short stories that is titled after its first story, which looks at an imaginary temptation of Mary at the birth of Jesus Christ that is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Summer Of Secrets

Posted on March 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Summer Of Secrets, by Cora Harrison One of the things that this book provides the reader (and the characters), is truth, but it is not a pleasant truth, nor is it truth accompanied by justice or love or any other … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Season Of Darkness

Posted on March 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Season Of Darkness, by Cora Harrison This is the first novel of two (that I know of) in the Gaslight mystery series set in Victorian London where the author has Charles Dickens and his friend Wilkie Collins, and their bumbling … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eye Of The Law

Posted on March 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Eye Of The Law, by Cora Harrison This book is one of the author’s mysteries set in sixteenth century Ireland [1], and it features her beloved Mara, Brehon of the Burren, and wife of the King of Thromond, solving another … Continue reading →

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