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Barbara Vine

The Edgar Awards Revisited: A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (Best Novel; 1987)

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 23, 2019

I wish I could have eavesdropped on the Edgar committee for 1987. “Are you kidding me?” someone might have said. “A Dark-Adapted Eye?  Barbara Vine, whoever that is, tells who did it on page one! What kind of a mystery is that?” Someone else may have chimed in. “Listen, Barbara Vine is a pseudonym for Ruth…

Top Female Crime and Mystery Authors

By Marianne Delacourt

January 26, 2017

Crime and mystery fiction’s diversity attracts a broad readership. For instance, I prefer the soft stuff and am attracted to the puzzle rather than grizzly details, while many of my friends enjoy peeled skin and body parts. Knowing that, it seems immensely impertinent for me to try to compile a “best of” list on my…

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