A Craving for Crime
Perhaps only after a lifetime of immersion in crime fiction can one begin to wonder what all those stories have really imparted.
Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder
by David Bordwell
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
by Martin Edwards
The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir
by David Lehman
February 8, 2024 issue