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Crime In The City
Sleuthing Around Dublin's Darkest Corners()
September 2, 2011 John Banville (who writes crime fiction under the pen name Benjamin Black) describes the exploits of his oddball sleuth named Quirke. His plots are set in Dublin, a city that lends itself to noir fiction. "I love this place in a strange, embittered kind of way," Black says.
Athens Cop On The Trail Of Modern Greece()
September 1, 2011 To crime writer Petros Markaris, the Athens of today is both a peaceful Balkan haven and a symbol of the ugliness of modern, corrupt societies. In his detective novels, Markaris takes on the financial and social crises sweeping Greece.
Moscow, In A Time Of Fear()
August 30, 2011 Young novelist Tom Rob Smith captures the oppressive atmosphere of the former Soviet Union even though he was just a child when the Communist nation broke apart.
P.I. Kelly: Hot On The Trail Of Crime In Chicago()
August 5, 2011 When novelist Micheal Harvey first moved to Chicago, he immediately felt at home. Now, Harvey takes his readers on a tour of Chicago — from touristy Navy Pier to the tunnels of the L train — in his Michael Kelly crime series.
A Former Cop Sets His Crime Scene In Seattle()
August 4, 2011 Seattle would seem the ideal setting for noir crime novels, what with the rain, the port and the gloomy Scandinavians. But it's not as noir as it used to be. Lowen Clausen, a Seattle cop turned Seattle crime writer, brings back the city's seedier days.
Taking On Crime In A Racially Divided D.C.()
August 2, 2011 At 11 years old, novelist George Pelecanos witnessed the aftermath of Washington, D.C.'s 1968 race riots, and he's never forgotten it. Now he uses fictional Detective Derek Strange, one of D.C.'s first black cops, to explore the intersection of crime, race and class in the nation's capital.
Brattleboro: Vermont's Hotbed Of Fictional Crime()
August 1, 2011 Archer Mayor exposes the seedy underbelly of bucolic Brattleboro in his Joe Gunther detective novels. But it's a challenge to bring out the dark side; Brattleboro, and Vermont in general, the author says, are "inordinately pleasant" places.
Sharon McCone: P.I. On The Pier Of San Francisco Bay()
August 13, 2010 Marcia Muller has written dozens of mystery novels set in San Francisco, her city of choice, starring no-nonsense Detective Sharon McCone — one of contemporary fiction's first liberated female private detectives.
Mas Arai: An Unlikely Hero Solves L.A.'s Mysteries()
August 12, 2010 The protagonist of Naomi Hirahara's novels isn't a seasoned police detective or a private investigator — he's a gruff, 72-year-old gardener who lives in the hills above Pasadena, Calif. The Mas Arai character was inspired by Hirahara's father and guides readers into the hidden corners of L.A.'s Japanese-American communities.
Sun Valley Sheriff Finds Murder On The Mountain()
August 10, 2010 From assassins coming to kill a potential presidential candidate to thieves crashing an auction of costly wines, the stories in Ridley Pearson's crime thrillers may be fiction but their setting of Sun Valley, Idaho, is very real.
