Stiff Upper Lip: British Investigations are Murder

Presented by: Anne Cleeland | Deborah Crombie Darden | Elly Griffiths | Susi Holliday

In this lively conversation, an all-female panel shares why British settings are so irresistible for crime fiction. They explore tone, tradition, social nuance, and the quiet tensions simmering beneath that famous stiff upper lip.

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