What can crime fiction tell us about the way the world works? Val McDermid said that if someone in a hundred years wants to know what life was like in the early 21st century, then detective fiction will tell you. Academics Mary Evans, Hazel Johnstone and Sarah Moore have taken it a step forward with […]

With Paul Burston, Sarah Hilary and William Shaw. Crime fiction can’t always be fun and games and blood and gore, sometimes it has to offer more. These authors do exactly that with novels that, while still succeeding in being gripping thrillers, also forensically examine some of the most relevant and contemporary issues. Paul Burston’s The […]

Elly Griffiths, William Shaw and Lesley Thomson discuss the settings of their novels and how a place can become just as much a character as the heroes.