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Valentines? Room for Galentines and Palentines too

February 14, 2020 By marlowe benn

Galentines 1914

Valentine's Day, move over. Love's a big place. Plenty of room for Galentines and Palentines too. It’s easy to think of history as progressing ever forward, out of ignorance toward enlightenment. We snicker at the Victorians’ horror of exposed female anatomy (just try to swim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, Galentine, historical mystery, Julia Kydd, Passing Fancies, Relative Fortunes, Valentine

Black History Through Historical Fiction

February 5, 2020 By marlowe benn

Black history

Black history is American history. What better way to learn more about Black history than through historical fiction? Novels open up the past as it was lived and felt, offering deeper truths and richer insights than factual narratives alone. In my Julia Kydd novels, I use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, Black History Month, Harlem Renaissance, historical fiction, historical mystery, Jacqueline Woodson, Jazz Age, Julia Kydd, Lyndsay Faye, Passing Fancies, Tulsa race massacre

Advance Peek at Passing Fancies

January 28, 2020 By marlowe benn

Passing Fancies

The highlight of my week? I just opened a heavy parcel and yelped in delight at what lay inside: an advance peek at Passing Fancies! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, amateur sleuth, Amazon, Amazon Publishing, book club fiction, historical mystery, Jazz Age, Julia Kydd, Lake Union Publishing, Passing Fancies, Relative Fortunes

Relative Fortunes One of 2019’s Best Traditional Mysteries

December 22, 2019 By marlowe benn

CriemReads Best Mysteries

What a wonderful honor! My Jazz Age historical mystery Relative Fortunes recently headed the list of the year’s ten best traditional mysteries as selected by the editors of CrimeReads.Sharing the spotlight with such terrific writers as Lynne Truss, Martin Edwards, Rachel Howzell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, Alan Bradley, amateur sleuth, CrimeReads, historical mystery, Jacqueline Winspear, Jazz Age, Julia Kydd, Louise Penny, Lynne truss, Martin Edwards, Naomi Hirahara, Rachel Howell Hall

Gorgeous Cover of Passing Fancies

September 1, 2019 By marlowe benn

Passing Fancies Cover

My amateur sleuth Julia Kydd would make quite a splash at any party in Manhattan wearing the shimmery frock that designers have given her to wear on the gorgeous cover of Passing Fancies, the sequel to Relative Fortunes that’s due out in June 2020. What a stunning way to capture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, amateur sleuth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Harlem Renaissance, historical mystery, Jazz Age, Julia Kydd, Passing Fancies, Prohibition, Relative Fortunes, The Great Gatsby

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