They belonged to a notorious city magistrate, responsible for the deaths and transportations of many Luddites and other dissidents. The old man’s dead, but his son fears that publication of his papers ...
“Each book captures another nuanced corner of the city,” says Crime Fiction Lover. “Maigret’s soaking up of the Paris that surrounds him [captures] the very public and social mentality ...
The doyen of African-American crime fiction, who died 40 years ago, is most famous for his hard-boiled “Harlem Cycle” of novels featuring the detectives “Coffin Ed” Johnson and ...