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Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction
Historical mystery with its portrayal of life in another time and place has long been one of the most popular subgenres of crime fiction. From ancient Rome and medieval monasteries to the pre-Civil War South, the foggy streets of Victorian London, and the trenches of WW1, readers like me relish the sense of time travel. But is it the glimpse of lost worlds that captures our imaginations, or is there something more meaningful at work? Is history only for historicals? I don'9t believe it is.
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