The Murder Room’s Julia Silk reports back from the British Library’s Bodies from the Library conference on the mysteries of the Golden Age
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The Murder Room’s Julia Silk reports back from the British Library’s Bodies from the Library conference on the mysteries of the Golden Age
Noir novels have always been at the very heart of crime fiction, so pull up a drink for this beginner’s guide to modern and classic noir.
There’s no denying that when we think of crime fiction our first thought is of the central figure of the genre, the Detective. Whether it features a world-weary policeman driven by justice, a paid professional who lives for the thrill of the chase and the solving of the puzzle, or the everyday (but oh-so-clever) amateur, the detective novel IS the crime novel.
For Robin Stevens, Children’s Fiction Graduate Trainee at Orion, crime fiction has always offered something that no other genre can, and she was delighted to discover a new generation of authors bringing crime fiction to the next generation of readers.
Crime fiction reviewer and critic Mike Ripley talks to us about the top crime novels he’ll be giving away this Christmas.
It’s no surprise that Alfred Hitchcock is making more than one appearance in our Read a Great Movie month. Here, Maxim Jakubowski discusses the enduring appeal of the vertiginous VERTIGO, a movie which, at the time of its release, made barely a dent on the public consciousness.
This week, we’re shamelessly stealing our blog post title from this excellent piece by Lucy Worsley on the undisputed queens of Golden Age crime fiction, published in online books magazine ‘We Love This Book’.
From the Golden Age of detective fiction in Britain to the mean streets of American (and British) noir, crime fiction has something for everyone.