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On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

Why do we need our characters to be heroes or villains, when most in real life are somewhere in between?

April 16, 2021  By Bridget Foley

The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller The Deep End

The 1947 novel is about protecting a teenage daughter's sexual 'virtue'. The 2001 film changes that character to a gay son, and plays with how his sexuality leads to a domestic panic.

April 16, 2021  By Matthew John Phillips

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From Helene Tursten's new novel, An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed


From Sifiso Mzobe's latest novel, Young Blood


From M.L. Longworth's latest novel, The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral


From Alexander McCall Smith's latest novel, Your Inner Hedgehog