Crime Fiction since 1800

STEPHEN KNIGHT is Distinguished Research Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK. He is a leading authority on crime fiction and his previous publications include Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

• PrefacePART I: DETECTIONBeginning DetectionDeveloping DetectionPART II: DEATHAfter Sherlock HolmesForming the CluePuzzleAmerican VersionsPART III: DIVERSITYContinuity and DiversityDiversifying GenderDiversifying Race and EthnicityDiversity: Postmodernity, City, BodyA Glossary of Crime FictionA Chronology of Crime FictionReferencesIndex.

'This second edition retains the strengths of the first while adding new material and insights.' - Renee Pigeon, California State University, San Bernardino, USA 'Encyclopedic in scope, the second edition offers a succinct, up-to-the-minute analysis and distillation of emerging new trends in crime fiction scholarship, and the work of significant new critics.' - Geraldine Barnes, University of Sydney, Australia Praise for previous edition: 'Stephen Knight's book is an excellent narrative introduction to crime and detective fiction in the last two hundred years, providing a wealth of detail which will have a very strong appeal to students and which will fill a major gap in the market.' - Clive Bloom, Middlesex University