Detective Fiction
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Five Victorian detective stories to read that are not Sherlock Holmes mysteries
A vast treasure trove of detective stories was published in periodicals, newspapers and magazines between 1893 and 1900.
Clare Clarke, The Conversation
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How the decades-old Japanese honkaku murder mysteries are making a comeback in English translation
Seishi Yokomizo’s novels, published by Pushkin Vertigo, are all the rage among crime fiction fans in the English-reading world.
Arunima Mazumdar
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Feluda is one of Satyajit Ray’s greatest creations but is he too brilliant for the movies?
Although Ray’s version of ‘Sonar Kella’ is a fan favourite, ‘Joi Baba Felunath’ points to the perils of adaptation.
Nandini Ramnath
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How West Bengal’s changing political dynamics could hurt the Trinamool Congress
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Hercule Poirot, still the world’s most loved detective, turns 100
The success of the 'funny foreigner' schtick with unsuspecting English plays into Agatha Christie’s larger exploration of Englishness in her books.
Christopher Pittard, The Conversation
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How some crime writers are making the lives of forensic scientists a nightmare
Detective stories are showing that forensic evidence isn’t always conclusive, but no one likes hearing that.
Aliki Varvogli, The Conversation
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In a British author’s crowdfunded book, Bond and Holmes are no match for a Punjabi private eye
Journalist and writer Tarquin Hall is back as Vish Puri. And he has a bone to pick with Sherlock Holmes.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Watch: Smooth mashup of Grammy winner ‘Unholy’ with hit Hindi songs ‘Ram Chahe Leela’, ‘Ramta Jogi’
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How Rowan Atkinson has been brilliantly miscast (or the strange case of Inspector Maigret)
Mr Bean now plays the philosophical, world-weary detective created by Georges Simenon.
Anvar Alikhan
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Before Stieg Larsson and Keigo Higashino, it was Raymond Chandler who transformed detective fiction
‘Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead.’
Nicholas Rixon
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Go goyenda! A guide to the Bengali detectives who made it to the screen and the ones who need to
The Bengali detective is box office manna in Kolkata, and producers are snapping up rights for some of the most memorable characters.
Jash Sen
The Reel
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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‘Ghar Banduk Biryani’ trailer: A chef is caught between security forces and rebels
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‘Rocket Boys’ review: Fuel loss on the way to the Pokhran nuclear test
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Five reasons you must discover the 19th century Russian James Bond: Erast Fandorin
Policeman, sleuth, heartbreaker, the hero is a literary legend of noir in his own right.
Jash Sen
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Why ‘And Then There Were None’ has been voted the best Agatha Christie novel ever
On her 125th birth anniversary, the book beat both ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’.
Jash Sen
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Why Agatha Christie still reigns: seven reasons other than the ones you knew
Detective and crime fiction have changed beyond recognition, but the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple gains new readers every day.
Jash Sen
The Field
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