• Auf die Geschichte projiziert : Doris Gerckes Bella-Block-Romane 

      Vestli, Elin Nesje (Chapter, 2003)
      Gegenstand des Artikels ist Doris Gerckes inzwischen 12 Bände umfassende Reihe (entstanden in den Jahren 1988-2002) über die private Ermittlerin und ehemalige Hamburger Polizistin Bella Block. Das Hauptgewicht liegt auf ...
    • Dead on Arrival? Patricia Cornwell's Andy Garcia Series 

      Knutsen, Karen Patrick (Chapter, 2003)
      Patricia Cornwell's new police procedural series featuring volunteer cop/rookie reporter Andy Garcia, Chief of Police Judy Hammer and Deputy Chief Virginia West has been described as DOA (Dead on Arrival) by disgruntled ...
    • Reading Snow Falling on Cedars as a Historical (Crime) Novel 

      Dypedahl, Magne (Chapter, 2003)
      In my article I give a reading of David Guterson's novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1995) as a historical novel. The setting of the novel is a fictional island in the Puget Sound outside Seattle, Washington, in 1954. Kabuo ...
    • "That perilous stuff": crime in Shakespeare's tragedies 

      Orten, Jon D (Chapter, 2003)
      Shakespeare's works have been considerable sources of inspiration for crime and mystery writers. However, to consider Shakespeare's tragedies themselves to be examples of crime writing is uncommon. This paper explores the ...