by Sarah Trott | Feb 27, 2017 | Authors, Blog Article, Detectives
The Legacy of Raymond Chandler A ‘Lost’ Generation, Found: Raymond Chandler’s Legacy Many 20th-century writers, particularly in the post-Vietnam era, cite Raymond Chandler as one of their main influences. Inspired by his self-consciousness within the genre and his...
by Jason Miller | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog Article, Detectives
It Takes Two To Make a Thing Go Right: Ten Great Detective Duos “No matter how a man alone ain’t got no bloody f**king chance.” — Ernest Hemingway So let’s talk a moment about detective teams, detective duos, detective buddies. However you want to call them. They’re...
by Gunnar Staalesen | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog Article, Detectives
Philip Marlowe’s Norwegian cousin When I set out to write my first novel about Varg Veum, a private investigator living in Bergen, Norway, I had to ask myself this question: Are there any private detectives in Bergen? The answer was no. At that time—my first Varg Veum...
by Radha Vatstal | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog Article, Detectives
Top Ten Agatha Christie Novels (Author Radha Vastal with her the top ten Agatha Christie novels has some surprises for us, but nevertheless gives us a list of books which captures the genius of the Queen of Mystery) This list was pleasurably difficult to...
by Bonnie MacBird | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog Article, Detectives
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes A Californian writes as a Victorian physician in her new Sherlock Holmes Adventure – ART IN THE BLOOD. Of the many challenges faced in writing as Dr. John Watson, perhaps the most intriguing was that of simulating a medical doctor....
by Dan Simmons | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog Article, Detectives
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser In 1973, I met another one-name tough guy via paperback and began following him, this one a Boston P.I. named Spenser. Robert B. Parker “grounded” Spenser by making him a former lieutenant...
