Professor Plum, Rabbi Perelman, Stephanie Plum,  Monsieur Poirot
… AND the Plum Pudding?

A few weeks ago we had some fun at the Cozy Crime Collective (a Facebook group I highly recommend you join, if you aren’t already a member!) with anagrams, starting with the classic Red Rum/Murder one. Now, here are some common mystery terms and their origins explained, with some seasonal (Hannukhah too!) tidbits of trivia.

Clew

A ‘clew’ in Chaucer’s day was a ball of yarn. Prior to that (very muc...