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HER POISON PEN: How Britain’s grand dames of mystery helped a male writer spin tales of deadly intent

by Pete Prown (published on the blog "Read Her Like an Open Book")Devils & Demons

As an author, I often find it hard to divine whether a good author is male or female, or what literary traits define each gender. It’s all the more confusing when I grab one of my go-to books by Charles Todd, the pseudonym for a mother-and-son writing team from America. They weave mysteries so devilishly complex that Read more of this blog post »
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Published on October 10, 2014 05:01 Tags: agatha-christie, mystery, the-hobbit
Average rating: 4.12 · 93 ratings · 35 reviews · 18 distinct worksSimilar authors
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