![]() ![]() Who can forget the 1971 commercial of Iron-Eyes Cody paddling through a polluted river, a tear running down his cheek as he beaches his canoe on a trash-strewn shore? To flee the pollution of civilization, the Trader in Victor Canning’s The Rainbird Pattern funds his family’s retreat with ransoms from high-profile kidnappings-and murder. Climate change in our times is all about the heat, but back in the ‘70s, it was all about industrial pollution. James poked fun at entrenched societal roles in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, and Jean Stubbs subverted paternalism that underestimated a woman’s strength in Dear Laura. While women’s rights were slowly advancing with the passage of Title IX (U.S., 1972) and the Equal Pay Act (Great Britain, 1970), P.D. ![]() For readers of the 1974 Edgar finalists, the authors took extra care to embed some of the reigning societal and political issues of the time into excellent mysteries and thrillers. ![]()
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