This course will investigate forms of detective fiction- and discourses of mystery and crime more broadly-in literature, cinema and other media. We will rethink their development form the ...
Copenhaver’s “Hall of Mirrors” brings back the crime-obsessed duo Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson for a haunting ...
Yet it was not always so. The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...
Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best ...
This course aims to be an enjoyable exploration of detective and crime fiction. Each year, we pick a different theme and gather together experts from across the University to explore a range of novels ...
Please contact Liverpool University Press for availability about this product This brief study surveys British and American crime fiction from the first detective stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the ...
Oline Cogdill’s favorite mystery novels of 2024, a year marked by rich plots, diverse and fully realized characters and vivid ...
Stunning literary ventriloquism will see George Smiley defer his retirement for some time to come, while Scott Phillips ...
the highest honor in UK crime writing, as well as lifetime achievement awards for his short fiction, crime writing, and scholarship. He is President of the Detection Club, consultant to the ...
Plus “Vacated Landscape” by Jean Lahougue and “An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth” by Anna Moschovakis.