Uzma Jalaluddin is the author of the Detective Aunty series. Book two, Moonlight Murder , is out this week from Harper Perennial. Below, she discusses the mystery novels that helped inspire her detective main character. When I sat down in late 2022 to finally write my own mystery novel, after debuting as a romance writer, I knew I had my work cut out for me. Mystery readers are a discerning, suspicious lot, their eagle eyes always on the lookout for clues and red herrings. I should know; for most of my life, I was that reader. After a few failed attempts, I went back and re-read a few of my favourite mystery novels. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie: I first read this book as a teen, and I still remember my shock at the ending. This was the novel that made me look at mystery novels in a whole new light: a fun playground where an author could exercise their imagination, break rules, and bring readers along for the ride.…