Tag: val-mcdermid
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Sex & Sensitivity
Val McDermid, of all people, needed a sensitivity reader for the re-issue of her earliest crime fiction, the wonderful Lindsay Gordon novels. But hear me out: this is actually a good thing, not an indication of “snowflake culture” or generational divides. I read the novels soon after they were published, and one of the things…
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Crime Fiction Festivals: A Few Thoughts
A brief post, today, because deadlines are looming for three writing projects and two reviewing tasks. But I’m also planning a trip, and working out how to be in Stirling for Bloody Scotland in the middle of September. As with most large events held in small-ish cities, finding accommodation is the tricky part, so I’m…
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Christmas Mysteries: New and Old
I have a fondness for publishers’ efforts to package a motley collection of mostly non-holiday themed stories under a a Christmas-y title, with perhaps 1-2 actual Yuletide tales. It’s a good way to put together what is effectively a miscellany of shorter works by authors who usually write novels. Since short stories can be ephemeral,…
The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction 