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"Bloody Lady Agatha": The Dark Childhood Imagination that Shaped Agatha Christie's Fiction
An excerpt from Agatha Christie, The Mother of the Cozy Mystery by Nancy West
July 15, 2026
By Nancy West
The Secret Queer True Crime History Behind the Victorian Era's Other Sherlock Holmes
E.W. Hornung's Raffles stories —he was the original Gentleman thief, and for fifty years as popular as Sherlock — are almost entirely forgotten outside specialist circles, yet they contain one of Victorian literature's most compelling implicit queer relationships. I've revived this pairing in my new novel 'The Great Game' and here's why.
July 15, 2026
By Arvind Ethan David
Miranda Smith's 6 Favorite Novels to Pair with Alfred Hitchcock Films
What to read if you love Psycho, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, and other iconic flicks
July 15, 2026
By Miranda Smith
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From James Bennett's forthcoming novel, Mother of Night
From Robert B. McCaw's novel, Traitors
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