Crime In The City
Crime And Consequences In Beijing's Back Alleys()
August 14, 2009 A native of Beijing, author Diane Liang sometimes simplifies some of the Chinese names and details in her books for the benefit of her foreign audience. Nevertheless, her fiction is still steeped in the sights and sounds of her homeland.
Prewar Berlin Inspires Crime Novelist's Dark Side()
August 13, 2009 Set in the 1920s and 1930s — mostly in the section of the city that later became East Berlin — Philip Kerr's crime novels feature a climate of extreme violence and debauchery, full of rogues, cheats and liars.
In Paris, A Mystery Writer Whose Name Is 'Noir'()
August 11, 2009 Cara Black's crime novels explore the gritty underbelly of the City of Light, neighborhood by neighborhood. She draws on a longtime network of contacts — including private detectives and police officers — for inspiration.
Murderers, Marauders And The Dark Side Of London()
August 10, 2009 If you fancy a nice, cozy whodunit set in the jolly English countryside with kindly vicars and fresh-faced debutantes, then Mark Billingham's novels are definitely not for you.
Hunting 'Prey' On The Streets Of The Twin Cities()
July 31, 2009 Even in some of its more dicey neighborhoods, St. Paul, Minn., has the old-fashioned American look of an Edward Hopper painting. It's not particularly threatening looking, but for crime writer John Sandford, this is the territory of tough thugs.
Beachcombing For Bodies In Loomis' Provincetown()
July 30, 2009 Author Jon Loomis says Provincetown, Mass., is the perfect setting for his series of crime novels; the funky beach town is so crazy in the summer that it's impossible to create a character who is over the top.
Brooklyn, Floating Bodies Lure Crime Writer Cohen()
July 28, 2009 Writer Gabriel Cohen bases his Detective Jack Leightner series in Brooklyn, where he says the neighborhoods "are not static at all. The lines where things are changing create conflict and sometimes create violence," which is reflected in his books.
A Conspiracy Around Every Corner In Baldacci's D.C.()
July 27, 2009 The nation's capital is the hunting ground of crime writer David Baldacci, the brains behind of dozens of high-level government conspiracies involving the CIA, the FBI and even the White House.
Beyond Beaches: Dark Crimes In The Sunshine State()
July 24, 2009 For mystery writer Randy Wayne White, Florida isn't all beaches and amusement parks - it's a landscape only known to those who have spent time with it, and a place where where sinister crimes begin and end.
In Colin Cotterill's Laos, Dead Men Do Tell Tales()
August 15, 2008 For two years, the author lived in a Laotian hospital, in an apartment above the operating room. His experiences there inspired characters — including a country coroner — for the books he would later write.
