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A Prescription for...a gore-and-trauma-free mystery
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A Prescription for...a gore-and-trauma-free mystery

A niche request but Richard Osman, Susie Dent, Bella Mackie and Janice Hallett ride to the rescue.

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Sep 23, 2024
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“Can you recommend a book?” she asked.

Could you be more specific?

“A mystery. But not a gory mystery. I don’t want blood and brains everywhere. Nothing depressing or misogynistic - why is it that so many writers like to write about young women being raped and murdered and their body parts being scattered around? And nothing too traumatising or terrifying…

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