We both went through phases when we read mysteries and science fiction like mad.

Of course, now I read mostly mysteries and romances.

"I read mysteries all the time," she said.

"I read them before I go to bed," she said, "the way others read mysteries."

Ordinarily, in the safe houses, she sat beside Lotta's bed and read mysteries.

What my wife reads every night in bed, mysteries about locked rooms.

Today, she expects to be in her apartment, with a view of the El tracks, reading mysteries and eating chocolates.

People who don't read mysteries for the mystery must be getting something else out of this stuff.

Ms. Yeakel likes to play tennis, lift weights and read mysteries, her husband said.

"One reason is that people read for entertainment," he said, "and they can read most mysteries in a couple of hours."