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hermetic

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Tue Dec 27, 2022, 03:11 PM Dec 2022

Louise Penny sets the record straight [View all]

on the ‘cozy mysteries’ myth

“Honestly, a little crime novel set in rural Quebec by a middle-aged woman? That did not have ‘bestseller’ written all over it,” Louise Penny says with a laugh. “It had ‘big fat failure’ written all over it.”

She adds, with a shake of her head: “I sit here astonished.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-louise-penny-cozy-mysteries-myth/

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