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Hace 2 días · Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume, nla.cat-vn379990, and Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood, nla.cat-vn8546189. Place holds an important role in crime fiction; you can’t have a crime without a scene. Crime fiction immerses the reader in the setting, expecting you to find pieces in a puzzle alongside the investigator at the centre of the story.
Here’s a “greatest hits” of some classic crime / thrillers, ranging from the 1930s to the present, including dashes of PI, espionage, and psychological thrillers. The Thin Man by Hammett. The Long Goodbye by Chandler. The Chill by Ross MacDonald. Interface by Joe Gores.
Hace 5 días · Eunice Mays Boyd was my godmother and I called her Nana. I knew she had written a book set in Europe which she began when she retired from the University of California; I’d read that manuscript when I was twenty years old and in college. The plot was clever with numerous twists and red herrings—a classic Christie-style “whodunit”.
Hace 5 días · 13 Weird, Fascinating Things I’ve Learned Researching Crime Novels. Kate White shares nuggets of wisdom picked up in conversation with ER doctors, body language experts, death scene investigators, and more.
Hace 4 días · His stage nickname was derived from one of his gags. When a joke of his would bomb, he would pull out his “cheat sheet,” look at it, and then tell the audience that he was right, and they were wrong for not laughing. He did this gag several times during his act. I had seen that gag before, so it was not original.
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Hace 1 día · First thing to notice is this is a pick-pockets hand, children are taught every day to pull the first two fingers to lengthen them and get them. the same size, (1) This then can act like a pair of scissors into some one’s pocket as pushing in the whole hand may alert the person. Second is the hand itself will be squeezed and pressured every ...
