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    Madeline Claire Franklin:
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    "The news and world events repeatedly showed me that our world has not heard enough stories about SA, no matter how tired I was of thinking about it."

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    The Lure of Faraway Places in Crime Fiction

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    Queering Crime Stories: Establishing a New Order in Mysteries and Thrillers

    Queering Crime Stories: Establishing a New Order in Mysteries and Thrillers

    "What if, by the end of a mystery, we don’t want to return to where we were but to a new place of openness and acceptance"

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