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    The Cost of a Bullet: A Nashville Story

    The Cost of a Bullet: A Nashville Story

    Michael Amos Cody on a Music Row murder that resonated across decades.

    By Michael Amos Cody | April 17, 2025

    “A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s <em>The Daughter of Time</em>

    “A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time

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    Why Being the Child of a Crime Writer Made It Inevitable I Would Become One

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    Matthew Sullivan on Discovering The Dogs in the Nighttime, His Monthly Sherlock Group

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    Why Belinda Bauer Is In Favor of Anthropomorphism in Fiction

    Why Belinda Bauer Is In Favor of Anthropomorphism in Fiction

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