What's going on here? 

You'll have to check out my post on A Bloody Good Read: Where Writers and Readers of Mysteries Talk Shop to find out!!!
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Early English books tract supplement interim guide ; / E4:2[148] Date 16--?
 
 
 
 
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As I work on  From the Charred Remains,  the second book in my Lucy Campion series, I keep getting plagued by this question: How long would it take a horse and carriage to travel from London to Oxford in the mid-seventeenth century?

  Check out my post at the Bloody Good Read on this topic! Let me know what you think!

 
 
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Do you prefer a puzzle at the outset...
What kind of mystery do you prefer--the kind that presents a puzzle from the outset, or one that reveals the puzzle during the investigation? Let me know!

Check out my post on this topic over at A Bloody Good Read!

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...Or a puzzle that emerges during the investigation?
 
 
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the murder may have happened here
I had the opportunity the other day to contribute to a great blog, A Bloody Good Read: Where writers and readers of historical thrillers talk shop.   There, I talked a little about a long ago murder and how a writer can fill in where historians fear to tread. Inspiration can be found in many places, I guess!

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If you have a few minutes, check out the great entries by my colleagues: Nancy Bilyeau, author of  The Crown (Touchstone, 2012) (she's also  worked for all kinds of publications like Rolling Stone, In Style magazineand Entertainment Weekly)...

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...and Sam Thomas, an early modern historian specializing in midwifery. Sam's first novel, A Midwife's Tale (Minotaur/St. Martin's) is due out in early 2013.