Accessible yet comprehensive, this first systematic account of crime fiction across the globe offers a deep and thoroughly nuanced understanding of the genre's

The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussin

An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.

The first systematic account of crime fiction as a global genre, offering unprecedented coverage of distinct traditions across the world.

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