"As a female author, says French, it makes complete sense to write crime novels, as they are a way of understanding the danger that lurks around us 'every time you walk home alone at night, every time a stranger asks you for directions on a deserted street, every time you're home on your own and there's a strange breeze moving through the curtains.'" Article at Guardian Books..
Between living in a rural environment, and having a black belt, I'm largely insulated from feelings like that -- but I started as a city girl, and there's no denying the reality of most women's lives. When I first moved here, a deer snorting in its bed of weeds next to my house could get my heart racing.
The article doesn't mention Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine (she writes with both names), but she is one of my very favorites, especially The Rottweiler, which features a serial killer who doesn't like his press, and a hilarious group of characters trying to get on with their lives with a killer in the neighborhood.
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