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The Creation of Nancy Drew
In 1930, Nancy Drew first appeared to entertain fans for many generations
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Kinsey Millhone
Kinsey Millhone first came to the pages of crime fiction when Sue Grafton created her in 1982 for A Is for Alibi.
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Sherlock Holmes
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet the world’ gets its first glimpse at what would become the most famous detective in crime fiction, Sherlock Holmes.
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Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone
When you think of a troubled police officer character, Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series comes to mind. Recently, I saw an article where the writer was warning against writing about an alcoholic detective. The writer said that the trope was being overused. And one reason that the character is so popular is because of…
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Miss Jane Marple: Agatha Christie’s Surprising Senior Citizen
In 1927, Grand Dame Agatha Christie introduced to the world one of the most popular mystery characters, Miss Jane Marple.
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V. I. Warshawski
In the eighties, most if not all the private eyes in fiction were men, loners mostly. With their macho brands of honor. Then, in 1982, Sara Paretsky introduced private investigator Victoria Iphigenia (V. I.) Warshawski