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“People are people anywhere they are” Leye Adenle on Writing Crime Thrillers That Feel Nigerian

Plot twists, high stakes, suspicious deaths and the thrill of uncovering a crime are what readers come to crime thrillers for. When we think about the genre, America and Britain are often the first places that come to mind.

“People are people anywhere they are” Leye Adenle on Writing Crime Thrillers That Feel Nigerian

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Plot twists, high stakes, suspicious deaths and the thrill of uncovering a crime are what readers come to crime thrillers for.

When we think about the genre, America and Britain are often the first places that come to mind.

Yet crime thrillers have been steadily rising in the African literary scene, […]

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Plot twists, high stakes, suspicious deaths and the thrill of uncovering a crime are what readers come to crime thrillers for. When we think about the genre, America and Britain are often the first places that come to mind. Yet crime thrillers have been steadily rising in the African literary scene, […]

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