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"But What Will People Think?"
Detectives and disgrace in Victorian fiction
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
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A Public-Spirited Citizen
The avid reader of whodunits is equal to any emergency. Or so she thinks.
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
Quarter Past Murder
Midnight (or just past) upon the terrace of an English country house. A body has been discovered. And nobody knows quite what to do next.
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New Adventures With Mrs. Meade
A year or so ago, I thought the Mrs.
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Vlog #3: (Re-)Introducing the Mrs. Meade Mysteries
With a new release in the series coming up for the first time in several years, I thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce the Mrs.
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
Announcement and Snippets: The American Pony
As you already know if you're subscribed to my newsletter, I have a new release coming out this year—the long-delayed return of Mrs.
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
Bridge to Trouble is now available in paperback!
Today's news: by popular request, Bridge to Trouble has been released in paperback and is now available for purchase!
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We Love Detectives Blogathon: The Henry Gamadge series by Elizabeth Daly
"What a model of fine scholarly writing is hers, yet what excitement, what mounting apprehension she arouses in her reader.
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We Love Detectives Blogathon: The Tag
This week, Hamlette's Soliloquy is hosting We Love Detectives Week, a blog party celebrating fictional detectives—a subject right up my alley!
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
Ranking all the "Miss Marple" adaptations starring Joan Hickson
Up until last year, I'd only seen two of the dozen British TV movies and miniseries starring Joan Hickson as Miss Jane Marple.
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Elisabeth Grace Foley
Agatha Christie Blogathon: The Secret of Blandings...er, Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys (1925) and The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) are not your typical Agatha Christie novels.
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Near Relations: Historical Mystery and Classic Mystery
Mystery today is one of the most adaptable genres, or at least one on which a wide variety of variations are made.
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