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    Why the Heightened World of Elite Dance Is the Perfect Vehicle for a Feminist Thriller

    Why the Heightened World of Elite Dance Is the Perfect Vehicle for a Feminist Thriller

    .On ballerinas, womanhood, and the patriarchal control behind "self-discipline"

    By Erin Kelly | December 3, 2021

    My Narrator Isn't A Victim or a Damsel. She's a Survivor.

    My Narrator Isn't A Victim or a Damsel. She's a Survivor.

    Yasmin Angoe on crafting a Ghanaian-American heroine who’s even more badass than Bond. James Bond.

    By Yasmin Angoe | December 3, 2021

    Shop Talk: Alex Segura Is Always Writing, Even When He's Not

    Shop Talk: Alex Segura Is Always Writing, Even When He's Not

    Crime writers talking routine, revision, and knocking out fifteen good minutes while the kids are napping.

    By Eli Cranor | December 2, 2021

    How to Solve A Murder in Early 19th-Century London

    How to Solve A Murder in Early 19th-Century London

    The coroner, the Bow Street Runners, and murder investigation in Regency England

    By Darcie Wilde | December 1, 2021

    Strong Women in Fiction: The Problem With Magic Bracelets

    Strong Women in Fiction: The Problem With Magic Bracelets

    Elysia Whisler was told her protagonist was 'too strong'

    By Elysia Whisler | December 1, 2021

    Have Cozy, Will Travel: Books in Which Cozy Protagonists Are On the Move

    Have Cozy, Will Travel: Books in Which Cozy Protagonists Are On the Move

    Or, how to escape the Cabot Cove effect.

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    The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

    The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

    Gerald Jay Goldberg was haunted by a brutal murder of a tourist in the South of France. Decades later, his family finishes his series.

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    Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

    Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

    "[T]here needs to be a tacit acknowledgement...that author and reader are both in on the same joke. And it is a joke."

    By Daisy Waugh | November 22, 2021

    Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

    Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

    Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

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    Literature as Found Text

    Literature as Found Text

    From gothic literature to modern horror, books-within-books are the perfect means for delivering slow reveals.

    By Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson | November 17, 2021

    The Bloomingdale Story: Read the Never-Before Published Patricia Highsmith Draft That Would Become <em>Carol</em> (<em>The Price of Salt</em>)

    The Bloomingdale Story: Read the Never-Before Published Patricia Highsmith Draft That Would Become Carol (The Price of Salt)

    A rare gem from Highsmith's newly released diaries and notebooks, with annotations from the author and her editor.

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    Getting It Wrong: How Thomas Perry Learned to Live With His Books' Errors

    Getting It Wrong: How Thomas Perry Learned to Live With His Books' Errors

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    Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

    Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

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