• Historical

    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    October 22, 2020  By Stuart Turton
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    7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended By An Art Dealer

    Art theft is a big business—and a big inspiration to crime writers.

    October 13, 2020  By Carol Orange
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    17 Crime Fiction Series That Use Real Historical Figures As Sleuths

    Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Brontë, and many more appear as detectives in these historical crime novels.

    October 9, 2020  By Heather Redmond
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    Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

    Her protagonist, Loveday Brooke, was an anomaly amid the Victorian lady detective literary craze, for many reasons—including simply for having been created by a woman.

    October 6, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Eight Dazzling Historical Thrillers Featuring Real Life Jewels and Paintings

    From jewel heists, to forgers, to treasure hunts, these historical novels are full of beauty—and thrills.

    October 6, 2020  By Kirsty Manning
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    On Drawing Inspiration From a Rich History of Ruins

    Britons have long had a fascination with ruins. For Anna Lee Huber they're the start of mystery novels.

    October 2, 2020  By Anna Lee Huber
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    Romance Writing, Historical Cozies, and Drawing a Thread Between Past and Present

    Historical Details and Human Truths

    September 17, 2020  By Callie Hutton
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    The White House Is Haunted!

    How the Presidential Residence Became More Horror House than “People’s House”

    September 4, 2020  By Andrew Pyper
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    Six Novels That Bring Together Mystery and Time Travel

    Literature that tests the boundaries of time itself.

    August 7, 2020  By Julie McElwain
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    10 Novels That Use Momentous Events as a Catalyst

    Or, how to process 2020 through reading lots of historical fiction.

    July 30, 2020  By Suzanne Rindell
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