K.P. Gresham
Music to Our Ears!
by Helen Currie Foster On April 2 I drove with my writing compadre D.L.S. Evatt (aka Dixie) to Houston to sign books at Murder by the...
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K.P., along with her fellow ink-stained wretches, put out a weekly blog. Enjoy!
K.P. Gresham
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Dreaming in Santa Fe
by Helen Currie Foster Driving into New Mexico with my husband (favorite long-time travel companion) I peer anxiously out the car...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jun 21, 2021
- 5 min
THE PLOT THICKENS! Or, Your Suspicions May Be True
by Helen Currie Foster Okay—Mom Genes is such a great title, it couldn’t not be used. But Abigail Tucker’s new book of that title doesn’t...
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K.P. Gresham
- May 10, 2021
- 7 min
The Ones That Stick With You
by Helen Currie Foster We read to learn, we read to be entertained. We begged at age three, “Tell me a story.” The stories began, “Once...
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K.P. Gresham
- Mar 29, 2021
- 6 min
What’s That Smell?
by Helen Currie Foster In the back of the closet I recently unearthed my mother’s old Caswell Massey “Gardenia” bubble bath. The...
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K.P. Gresham
- Nov 23, 2020
- 6 min
Where Are We? Trowels Up!
Try to imagine a mystery without its setting. What? You’re having trouble? Open a mystery and be denied the setting. What? You’re getting...
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K.P. Gresham
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
PLAIN OR FANCY?
Mystery readers are tetchy. We want an interesting plot with a fair shot at noting each clue—but don’t want to guess whodunnit too soon....
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Barbeculinary Thoughts
I know, you’re asking yourself what barbecue has to do with mystery writing, my other beloved topic. Barbecuing, like writing (see K.P....
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K.P. Gresham
- Jul 20, 2020
- 6 min
Are You Hungry? Food Idiosyncrasies and Local Flavor
Why, exactly, do we take such interest in what our favorite detectives eat or what a character like Aunt Agatha grabs for first at...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
Please Take (a) Note!
Lately I’ve been thinking about remarkable people who never got to see the significance of their work, regardless of its brilliance....
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K.P. Gresham
- May 18, 2020
- 6 min
The Uses of Disguise
By Helen Currie Foster So, did you dress up for Halloween? Did you buy a mask in New Orleans, or Venice, perhaps one with feathers? What...
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K.P. Gresham
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Tell Me a Story! P.D. James, Talking about Detective Fiction, 2009
by Helen Currie Foster “Tell me a story,” begs the child. “Tell me a story about before you met me,” the lover entreats the loved one....
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K.P. Gresham
- Dec 23, 2019
- 3 min
John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field (October 17, 2019)
by Helen Currie Foster John li Carre, by Krimidoedel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikipedia Okay, you already know I’m hooked on le Carré. Never did I...
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K.P. Gresham
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Characters We’re Drawn To
By Helen Currie Foster Last week Big D hosted the Bouchercon book conference. Two sessions made me wonder why we’re drawn to particular...
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K.P. Gresham
- Sep 30, 2019
- 3 min
Further Thoughts on Smell in Literature, or The Dog as Watson
by Helen Currie Foster An author can get great mileage by giving the point of view to a Watson sort of character. The Watson can be...
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
THE SCENT OF A WOMAN…THEATER…SEA
by Helen Currie Foster Even just thinking of certain smells can yank me straight back to childhood. Oil paints? Mama working on her...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jul 8, 2019
- 5 min
How Did She Think of That? And How Did Adamsberg Figure It Out?: Thoughts on Fred Vargas and her Pol
by Helen Currie Foster Fred Vargas by Marcello Casal/ABr, licensed under CC BY-3.0 BR. Via Wikipedia Her sheer imagination, her complex...
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K.P. Gresham
- May 27, 2019
- 4 min
Watching the Watcher: Navigating Venice with Commissario Brunetti
My heart speeds up on news that Donna Leon’s got a new police procedural, because I love her Guido Brunetti. Not in a romantic way, of...
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K.P. Gresham
- Apr 15, 2019
- 6 min
Confessions of a Closet Re-Reader: Le Carré and his Characters
by Helen Currie Foster In her 2001 collection Rereadings, Anne Fadiman challenged writers to revisit books they read before they were...
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K.P. Gresham
- Mar 5, 2019
- 4 min
Sometimes You Need A Break—
Helen Currie Foster Posted by Helen Currie Foster —from news, winter, deadlines, calamities. Two books did the trick for me this...
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