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    Five Books With Righteous Female Rage

    Five Books With Righteous Female Rage

    Exploring the Good for Her subgenre: a sampling of vigilantes, serial killers, and women who are just plain fed up.

    By Katherine A. Olson | November 21, 2023

    There’s Nothing Better Than A Good Bad Guy

    There’s Nothing Better Than A Good Bad Guy

    Why villains must be the protagonists of their own story.

    By Tim Maleeny | November 20, 2023

    Cozy Mysteries to Add to Your Christmas Stocking

    Cozy Mysteries to Add to Your Christmas Stocking

    These cozies are full of holiday cheer

    By Sherry Lynn | November 20, 2023

    From Academic to Crime Writer

    From Academic to Crime Writer

    H.N. Hirsch on crafting a mystery series featuring a gay detective after 40+ years as a professor

    By H. N. Hirsch | November 17, 2023

    Romance and Love Triangles in Cozy Mysteries

    Romance and Love Triangles in Cozy Mysteries

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    By Christina Romeril | November 17, 2023

    A List of Jewish Crime Thrillers

    A List of Jewish Crime Thrillers

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    An Argument for the Unintentional Villain

    An Argument for the Unintentional Villain

    Or, how looking at accidental bad guys helps us understand our own risk of entering into moral grey areas.

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    Healing Through Horror

    Healing Through Horror

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    What Spy Fiction Taught Me About Breaking the Rules

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    Difficult Women In Historical Fiction: A Reading List

    Historical novels place ambitious, unlikeable characters in stark juxtaposition with contemporary cultural ideals.

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    The Regency Mystery Arrives to the Ball

    The Regency Mystery Arrives to the Ball

    Forget Regency Romance. It's time for the Regency Mystery to reign (with, perhaps, a little romance thrown in there)

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    Shakespeare's First Folio has been Stolen Many, Many Times

    Shakespeare's First Folio has been Stolen Many, Many Times

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