Category: crime
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A victory in the freedom-to-read war
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As an author, the news I’ve been watching most regularly from the U.S. is the coverage of book banning in schools and libraries. It may not seem to be the most important topic amid all the chaos around the world, but it’s a powerful symptom of the degradation of freedom,…
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The salty path of veracity
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Tis the season for publishing debacles, apparently. Just a few weeks ago the story broke that a list of great books for summer reading, published by major newspapers, contained books that didn’t actually exist. The writer had used AI to do the research, and it had made things up. This…
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Daytime in the Garden of Bad Tourists
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Recently my hubby and I visited Savannah, Georgia, the setting for a best-selling phenomenon of a book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; it reigned at the top of the NY Times list for a still-unbroken record of 216 weeks. Didn’t read the book at the time, but…
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Tea and a Mystery – the Lord Peter Wimsey series
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I’ve always loved stylish mysteries, the ones with piles of atmosphere. British mysteries from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, set in the 1920s and 30s, or just about anything in a foreign setting – armchair travel with a thrill. Agatha Christie’s more exotic stories have been a long-standing favourite.…
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Classic murder and mayhem
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It seemed to be the middle of the night when I was awakened by Lawrence Cavendish. He had a candle in his hand, and the agitation of his face told me at once that something was seriously wrong. Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Ever wonder where writers get…
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True Crime Victorian Style
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It’s only forty-one days to Halloween, so it’s time to introduce a little eeriness to my blog 😉 True crime is extremely popular these days, with plenty of reality shows to watch on television, as well as fictional series that have capitalized on the trend – e.g. Only Murders in…