On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.

It was an extraordinary news story.

The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,

mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.

One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for

Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman.

This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

Hello, on today's open book, we're fighting for our lives.

Whether in the ring for a bout of boxing, as US author Rita Bullwinkle takes us into the world of girls' competitive fighting in a debut novel headshot, or fighting through flight for a better life and a new home, as we discuss how the novel can humanise the wide-ranging experiences of displacement,

with award-winning authors Morsin Hamid and Teah Obricks.

First, though, we're off to the middle of the US and a faded gym called Bob's Boxing Palace in Dusty Reno, Nevada,

in a battle for the Daughters of America Cup.

There, eight young working class women aged 18 and under battle it out to be champ,

with each tough fight and the personal realities that underpin them brought to life in visceral prose.

The fact of the two girls' bodies was not lost on Artemis Victor or Andy Taylor or on any of the

young women in the Daughters of America tournament. Their bodies were the only tools they had at

their disposal. This wasn't lacrosse or tennis. There were no rackets. They had their arms and

their legs and their headgear clad heads and their glove-covered hands,

although the gloves and the headgear were just there as protective measures to make sure they didn't

kill each other. The gloves and the headgear were like clothing. One could box with them or without

them, just as one could technically swim naked or in a suit.

Andy Taylor and Artemis Victor looked at each other's bodies under the roof of Bob's

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