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Why A Crime Novel Cop Should Never Live With A Chick-Lit Heroine

Why A Crime Novel Cop Should Never Live With A Chick-Lit Heroine

By this time we know why we should never live with one of the great fictional stereotypes: it’ll never end well. But publishing is changing, and the genre mash-up has already gained some ground. So what happens when genres collide? What would happen if a hard-nosed Cop from a Crime Novel shared a house with a hapless Chick-Lit Heroine?

Why You Should Never Live With A Cop From A Crime Novel

You love the cops in crime novels. So careworn, and yet mysterious. They have money, and yet never spend it on themselves. Granted, being married to one is just asking for trouble. But you could just share a house with one, right? That would be exciting, and spice up your humdrum existence no end!

Let’s take a look, and see if you might want to think this through a little more…