Renée W. Craig-Odders is a professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The author of several articles and books on Spanish detective fiction, she lives in Plover, Wisconsin. Jacky Collins is a senior lecturer in Spanish Studies at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She lives in the United Kingdom. Glen S. Close is a professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of La imprenta enterrada. Arlt, Baroja y el imaginario anarquista and Contemporary Hispanic Crime Fiction. A Transatlantic Discourse on Urban Violence.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction     Renée W. Craig-Odders      I : SPAIN AND PORTUGAL1. The Carvalho Series of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: A Passing in Review      2. Still Crazy After All These Years: Eduardo Mendoza’s Detective      3. To Be or Not to Be (Feminist): The Curious Epistemology of Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s Petra Delicado Series      4. “A World Beyond”: The Lola van Guardia Trilogy      5. “Coming Out” in Spanish Crime Fiction      6. Shades of Green: The Police Procedural in Spain      7. “Ainda bem que chegaste”: Life, Death and Friendship in the Crime Novels of Francisco José Viegas      II : LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES8. The Detective Is Dead. Long Live the Novela Negra!      9. Private Detectives, Private Lives: The Detective Fiction of Sergio Gómez and Marcela Serrano      10. The Search for Identity: The Return to Analytic Detective Fiction in Mexico      11. Family, Identity and the Latina Private Investigator      About the Contributors      Index