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First Fifty Pages

Follow the Clues: A Conversation with Crime Novelist Benjamin Stevenson

By Jenn Delperdang,
Kelsey Patterson
Published May 26, 2023 at 3:07 AM CDT
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In this episode of The First Fifty Pages, Jenn and Kelsey have a lively chat with Australian author Benjamin Stevenson about his latest book, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.  We dig into why fair play mysteries are seeing a resurgence in popularity and why Aussie crime writers are so good. Can you solve this one before the detective does?

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