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Writers are known to be introspective, often overthinking, mulling existential issues ad nauseum. But periodically, there is value to posing[…]
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Writers are known to be introspective, often overthinking, mulling existential issues ad nauseum. But periodically, there is value to posing[…]
Read moreLast night I was teaching an Intro to Fiction class on Zoom. It was 9:30 p.m., class winding down, when[…]
Read moreI was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]
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Read moreI am a reader who looks forward to new releases by my favorite authors. I know Tana French has[…]
Read moreThe tagline for The Millionaire (Is Truth for Sale?) came to me when I sat at my keyboard, metaphorically bleeding from the forehead, trying to boil down the essence of the book into a catchy phrase, eight words or shorter.
Read more“Sexual repression, dark alleys, great detectives, ornate prose,” says author James McCreet (“Why we all love a Victorian Murder,” The Guardian, 15 May 2011). “No wonder the 19th century is our template for crime fiction. A murder is somehow more quintessentially English when committed on the cobbles of a foggy East End alley. If there’s a silhouetted top hat, a rustle of crinoline and a scream cut short with straight razor, all the better.”
I couldn’t agree more. Here are my Top Ten Reasons why Victorian England is the perfect setting for murder:
One of the great pleasures of going to London, (which is where I am now), is that you have the[…]
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