Crime Classics
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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
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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
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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.
Abhijit Gupta
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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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
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‘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.
Jai Arjun Singh
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How writers of stories with ‘impossible crimes’ sidetracked readers with ghostly red herrings
The first in a series on the workings of crime fiction.
Jai Arjun Singh
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations