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    Where Are the Stay-At-Home Dads of Fiction?

    There are 1.5 million stay-at-home dads in the US. So why are there only a handful to be found in crime novels?

    By Brad Parks | July 28, 2021

    How Will Crime Fiction Authors Hold Up in the Coming Zombie Apocalypse?

    How Will Crime Fiction Authors Hold Up in the Coming Zombie Apocalypse?

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    By Brad Parks | September 16, 2020

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    8 Great Books Set in Prisons

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