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    How the Darker Side of the Fight for Women's Suffrage Inspired One Historical Mystery Novelist

    Victoria Thompson has published almost fifty historical mysteries. During the research phase, she's always looking for that one fact that takes your breath away.

    April 28, 2021  By Victoria Thompson
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    On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

    The tale of the most dramatic dognappinng of the 19th century, which sealed a romance and changed literary history.

    April 27, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    She's Your Man: A Ode To The Trouser Roles and Tenement Kids of the Gilded Age

    A historical novelist turns to the cross-dressing actresses of the turn of the century in crafting a fierce, independent sleuth.

    April 26, 2021  By Kathleen Marple Kalb
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    How Do You Keep A Long-Running Series Fresh? The Secret Is Character

    C.S. Harris, author of the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries, on the joys of following characters' lives far beyond the pages of a single book.

    April 19, 2021  By C.S. Harris
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    Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist

    Plotting murder and historical manipulations in the public library

    April 16, 2021  By Will Thomas
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    What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

    For the actors performing at Ford's Theatre that night, the assassination was an act that would haunt them for decades.

    April 12, 2021  By Mariah Fredericks
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    Eight Novels Featuring Twisted Medicine

    Medical Instruments, Institutions, and Professionals that Do Harm to Make Great Fiction

    April 2, 2021  By Shelley Nolden
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    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    April 1, 2021  By Victoria Wiet
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    The Night Gate

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    "The old lady sits in her favourite rocker."

    March 30, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Travel Around the World in the Roaring Twenties with These Historical Mysteries

    From Bombay to Harlem to Melbourne and more, let these historical novels transport you to the 1920s.

    March 30, 2021  By Erica Ruth Neubauer
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