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On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

The authors featured below reflect the contrasts of the period they depict. They take inspiration from literature, history, and geography, and they make use of American and British protagonists, ...

Jacquelyn Sundberg received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Nathalie Cooke receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of ...

Creator Tom Bidwell (Netflix’s Watership Down) has been dreaming of making The Irregulars into a series for more than a decade. As a fan of the gang of street kids often referenced in the Sherlock ...

Peter Lovesey, a prolific British crime fiction author whose first whodunit was written as a contest entry and launched a career that took readers into Victorian salons and sooty back alleys as he ...

Michael Sims, editor of The Dead Witness, resurrects long-forgotten Victorian crime writing. With his pipe, deerstalker hat and formidable "methods," Sherlock Holmes may be the most recognizable face ...

In The Dead Witness, Michael Sims presents stories from the early days of detective fiction, revisiting classics and introducing readers to a... With his pipe, deerstalker hat and formidable "methods, ...