Mystery Melange

Declan Burke reviews an anthology of essays edited by Maxim Jakubowski that discuss 20 of crime fiction's greatest investigators and the places where they live and work. Titled Following the Detectives, contributors include Barry Forshaw (Brighton, Edinburgh, Sweden and Venice), Sarah Weinman (New York and Washington DC), Peter Rozovsky (Iceland), John Harvey (Nottingham), Oline Cogdill (Florida), J. Kingston Pierce (San Francisco), Martin Edwards (Shropshire), David Stuart Davies (London).

While I'm on the subject of global crime, International Noir Fiction looks at Case Closed, a "delightful and puzzling short novel" by Patrik Ourednik, in the English translation by Alex Zucker.  Also, Petrona has been arranging  book reviews by country for a summer series, most recently featuring Scotland.

Mike Ripley's latest Getting Away With Murder column for Shots Ezine is out with all his latest reviews and news, including Nazis on the moon.

The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo is getting a lot of buzz. It profiles the real-life armchair crime fighting group, the Vidocq Society, and discusses some of the cases they've taken on and solved pro bono. Both USA Today and Shelf Awareness have interviews with Capuzzo.

The blog Philosophy of Science Portal provides the interesting background story behind the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers and some of its lasting influence on pop culture.

Bad news:  the e-zine Thuglit is taking an "indefinite hiatus," after its five-year run. The good news:  there are new e-zines and anthology markets coming along all the time. Although not all are related to crime fiction, hopefully fans and writers of short fiction can take solace in looking for new outlets to feed their addiction.

Comments

[Peter]

Declan actually previews the essays, rather than reviewing them. No one but Maxim Jakubowski and the publisher has read the whole book yet, as far as I know.
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[BV Lawson]

Thanks for the word clarification, Peter. Looks to be a fascinating anthology. (For those who haven't visited Peter's excellent blog, Detectives Beyond Borders, go there straight away...)