Big City Menace vs Small Town Secrets

Mystery & Crime • Writing Craft
2015
Featuring Caro Soles, Cheryl Hollon, Deborah Crombie, Tony Broadbent

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In this lively, all-female panel, authors explore how setting shapes suspense, character, and tone. They compare the anonymity and chaos of urban crime with the intimacy and buried secrets of small communities, revealing how each environment creates its own kind of menace.

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