Minette Walters and the Meaning of Justice

Mary Hadley, a former associate professor of writing and linguistics at Georgia Southern University, is retired and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sarah D. Fogle is a professor of communication and humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has 40 years of experience in higher education and she has published numerous articles on detective and crime fiction.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     IntroductionMary Hadley and Sarah D. Fogle      Truth and JusticeMary Hadley      Soul Murder: Children in Minette Walters’ NovelsSarah D. Fogle      Body of Evidence/Body as Evidence in The SculptressCaren J. Town      Shakespeare, Scolds, and Self-Fashioning: The Making of Mathilda Gillespie in The Scold’s BridleRhonda Knight      A Wounded World: Victim/Victimizers in The Scold’s Bridle, The Dark Room, and The BreakerLois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley      British Social IssuesDonna Waller Harper      The Impenetrable M and the Mysteries of Narration: Narrative in The Shape of SnakesTilda Maria Forselius      Society, Evil, and OtherNancy Eliot Parker      The Tangled Web of Justice and Revenge: Narrative Devices and Subtexts in The Devil’s FeatherGerri Reaves      Everyday Heroes: Women of ValorRachel Schaffer      Online Interview with Minette WaltersMinette Walters and Contributors      Notes on Contributors      Index