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Karen Odden's interest in the Victorian era and specifically railway crashes goes back to her New York University doctoral dissertation, which explored how the medical, parliamentary, and literary representations of railway disasters helped to create a discourse out of which Freud and others fashioned their ideas of trauma.Karen currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, her two children, and her ridiculously cute beagle, Rosy.
Genres: Historical Mystery
Series
Books containing stories by Karen Odden
New York State of Crime (2024)
(Murder New York Style, book 6)
edited by
D M Barr and Joseph R G De Marco
SoWest: Love Kills (2021)
(Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter Anthology, book 9)
edited by
Deborah J Ledford
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Karen Odden recommends
The Case of the Missing Maid (2024)
(Harriet Morrow, book 1)
Rob Osler
"With his usual sensitivity and humor, Rob Osler has written a mystery with a lively pace, a fresh and engaging heroine, and finely tuned historical awareness. This book utterly charms. A thoroughly entertaining read!"
The Lace Widow (2023)
(Eliza Hamilton Mystery, book 1)
Mollie Ann Cox
"Wonderfully steeped in the sights and sounds of early 1800s New York City, this novel places the newly widowed Eliza Schuyler Hamilton and her clever friend Alice at the center of a compelling mystery with its roots in a conspiracy to blame Hamilton for money missing from the Treasury. Eliza must defend her husband's legacy and prevent her son from being accused of murder - all while comporting herself with enough decorum to keep gossips at bay. The talented, courageous Eliza is a heroine to root for!"
The Lindbergh Nanny (2022)
Mariah Fredericks
"Suspenseful and compelling, The Lindbergh Nanny is one of the best historical novels I have read in recent years. In Fredericks' deft hands, Betty Gow is vulnerable, observant, and utterly relatable. The pacing is perfect, the emotional stakes high, and the secondary characters, with all their flaws, are sensitively portrayed. Fans of Sarah Blake, Jennifer Egan, and Kate Morton will find much to love here. Not to be missed by anyone who loves well-wrought historical fiction with a humane spirit."
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