Sleuths & SpiesThe Ironic Neo-Noir of Niceville’s Resident EvilNiceville is to Carsten Stroud what rural Maine is to Stephen King. Both places are fertile imaginative landscapes against which their…May 16, 2016May 16, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesSpeakers of the Dead resurrects Walt Whitman’s humanist spiritSet against a backdrop of murder, grave robbing, and civic corruption in 1843 New York, J. Aaron Sanders’s debut novel, Speakers of the…May 9, 2016May 9, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesGold of Our Fathers illuminates illegal mining in GhanaMy knowledge of the precious metals trade extends only as far as the American commonplace Cash 4 Gold merchants. While these buyers mislead…May 2, 2016May 2, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesThe Passion of the Christie: The Mysterious Mr. Quin’s Theatre of CrimeContemporary readers will almost certainly equate the harlequin with either the lurid covers of the ubiquitous romance series or the…Apr 25, 2016Apr 25, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesPleasantville takes electoral politics to trialWhen Dennis Lehane collaborated with HarperCollins to create an eponymous imprint, his first selection for Dennis Lehane Books was Attica…Apr 18, 2016Apr 18, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesUnlocking The Tokyo Zodiac MurdersIn his 1950 essay “The Simple Art of Murder,” Raymond Chandler dismisses Sherlock Holmes as “mostly an attitude and a few dozen lines of…Apr 11, 2016Apr 11, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesThe Father figures the dynamics of excessive forceWith the abundance of sleuths who have become household names, from Sherlock Holmes to Harry Hole, crime fiction can often seem synonymous…Apr 4, 2016Apr 4, 2016
Sleuths & SpiesAged Ambler shows decline in The Care of TimeWhat I find remarkable about Eric Ambler’s writing is his ability to fuse the intrigue of a thriller with the conviction of a political…Mar 28, 2016Mar 28, 2016
