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Books with LANGUAGE as the major appeal
Books with All four Appeals

'gore' rating
* very little blood
**moderate blood
***more blood, and more information about it
****lots of blood and lots of detail about the blood

Georgette HEYER
Margery ALLINGHAM
Kerry GREENWOOD

Ian Rankin
gore rating of ***
story, setting and character

Patricia CORNWELL
Sue GRAFTON
John GRISHAM
Richard North PATTERSON
Janet EVANOVICH

Michael Connelly
gore rating of ***
story and setting

Nicci FRENCH
Robin COOK

Val McDermid
gore rating of ** to ****
story and character

Mary Higgins CLARK

Peter Robinson
gore rating of ** to ***
story, and character

Agatha Christie
gore rating of *
setting and character

Harlan COBEN
Kathryn FOX
Jeffrey DEAVER
Ngaio MARSH
Ruth RENDELL
P. D. JAMES

Tammy Hoag
gore rating of *** to ****
setting

Alexander McCall Smith
gore rating of * to **
setting and character

David WOLSTENCROFT
Alan MILLS
Kathy Reichs
gore rating of **
story, setting and character


Minette Walters
gore rating of ** to ****
story, setting and character

Tom NEALE
Susanah GREGORY
Gabrielle LORD
Stephen LEATHER
Martina COLE

Lee Child
gore rating of ****
character

Elizabeth George
gore rating of ** to ***
character

Marele DAY
Patricia WENTWORTH

Reginald Hill
gore rating of **
story, language, setting and character

Joy FIELDING
Robert CRAIS
Linda FAIRSTEIN
Garry DISHER
Lillian Jackson BRAUN


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MissQuong Historical Fiction: Definition 0 Dec 13 2009, 11:52 PM EST by MissQuong
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I found this useful definition for Historical Fiction from the Historical Novels Review Journal: "A historical novel is a novel which is set fifty or more years in the past, and one in which the author is writing from research rather than personal experience."

For the full article "What are the Rules for Historical Fiction?" have a look at: http://historicalnovelsociety.org/historyic.htm
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