Crime Classics

A taste of the delicious flavours that food adds to crime fiction from around the world

Food serves up insights into character of the detective hero and adding spice to the mystery.

Carolina Miranda, The Conversation
,
M Jean Anderson, The Conversation
&
Barbara Pezzotti, The Conversation
· Aug 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm
How the mystery of the disappearing object (and people) baffles readers of crime fiction

Footprints, weapons, people, vehicles, buildings: things that melt away. The fourth in a series on the workings of the genre.

Jai Arjun Singh
· Feb 03, 2018 · 12:30 pm
One of India’s earliest crime fiction stories was about a delicious scam involving books

Former policeman Priyanath Mukhopadhyay pioneered crime fiction in the Bengali language.

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· Jan 10, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper have often met in fiction, though only one of them is real

Lyndsay Faye’s ‘Dust and Shadow’ is one of the sharpest, best-researched entries in this sub-genre. The third in a series on the workings of crime fiction.

Jai Arjun Singh
· Nov 18, 2017 · 06:00 am
‘Through A Glass Darkly’ is that rare crime novel where you never know what actually happened

A mystery novel by a lesser-known queen of crime stars a creepy ‘double’. The second in a series on the workings of crime fiction.

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· Oct 22, 2017 · 03:30 pm
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Crime Classics

A taste of the delicious flavours that food adds to crime fiction from around the world

Food serves up insights into character of the detective hero and adding spice to the mystery.

Carolina Miranda, The Conversation, M Jean Anderson, The Conversation & Barbara Pezzotti, The Conversation · Aug 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

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Footprints, weapons, people, vehicles, buildings: things that melt away. The fourth in a series on the workings of the genre.

Jai Arjun Singh · Feb 03, 2018 · 12:30 pm

One of India’s earliest crime fiction stories was about a delicious scam involving books

Former policeman Priyanath Mukhopadhyay pioneered crime fiction in the Bengali language.

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