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B.J. Rahn
Out of the Past: Mystery and Crime Novels
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Whitridge Room

Crime and mystery critic B.J. Rahn examines three popular novels in which past villainy haunts and incites present-day crimes. Copies of all books for discussion are available for purchase from the Library. Information about purchasing books will be sent to registrants.

Books for Discussion:

• Tuesday, April 7, 2009:
  The Savage Garden by Mark Mills

• Tuesday, April 23, 2009:
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

• Tuesday, May 19, 2009:
  Will be selected by participants

Dr. B. J. Rahn teaches English literature at Hunter College. She has been teaching, researching, and writing about crime fiction for over two decades, and she leads detective walking tours in the U.K. and U.S. Her articles appear in many journals and reference books, including The Armchair Detective, The Dictionary of Literary Biography, and The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing.

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