crime fiction – Readiscovery

February 7, 2010

Social inequality and sense of place in crime fiction

Ian Rankin fans will enjoy reading his conversation with the Indian communist leader Prakash Karat, who has read all his 17 Inspector Rebus novels and did his Master’s in politics at the University of Edinburgh, in Rankin’s hometown. Rankin talks about his working-class parents, his being the first from his family to go to university […]

Books

crime fiction, edinburgh, elmore leonard, ian rankin, inspector rebus, james lee burke, john sandford, michael connelly, mystery, place, prakash karat, social inequality, whodunit
February 26, 2009

James Lee Burke, poet of crime fiction

James Lee Burke is a poet of hardboiled crime fiction. His violent thrillers are filled with twisted characters, whip-smart dialogue and great descriptions of nature. He loves nature with the same intensity that his hero, reformed alcoholic and devoted family man Dave Robicheaux, and his buddy, boozy, womanizing Clete Purcel, are haunted by their nightmares […]

Books

clete purcel, crime fiction, dave robicheaux, hurricane katrina, james lee burke, montana, nature, new iberia, new orleans, swan peak, thriller, tin roof blowdown
January 28, 2009

PD James’ leisurely murder mystery

The Private Patient by PD James This is an Adam Dalgliesh mystery where the Scotland Yard detective enters late into the story. And even then Commander Dalgliesh hardly occupies centrestage. The focus keeps shifting from one character to another. His subordinates, Kate Miskin and Francis Benton-Smith, duly get their turn in the spotlight as do […]

Books

adam dalgliesh, agatha christie, crime fiction, detective, murder, mystery, pd james

Tag: crime fiction

Social inequality and sense of place in crime fiction

James Lee Burke, poet of crime fiction

PD James’ leisurely murder mystery