Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction

Janice Allan is Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK.Jesper Gulddal is Associate Professor in Literary Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia.Stewart King is Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.Andrew Pepper is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at Queen’s University, Belfast.

• Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: New Directions in Crime Fiction Scholarship Janice Allan, Jesper Gulddal, Stewart King and Andrew Pepper PartI: Approaches GenreJesper Gulddal and Stewart King Counterhistories and PrehistoriesMaurizio Ascari The Crime Fiction SeriesRuth Mayer Crime Fiction in the MarketplaceEmmett Stinson AdaptationsNeil McCaw HybridisationHeather Duerre Humann Graphic Crime NovelsRobert Prickett and Casey A. Cothran World LiteratureJakob Stougaard-Nielsen TranslationKaren Seago and Victoria Lei TransnationalityBarbara Pezzotti Gender and Sexuality Gill Plain Race and EthnicitySam Naidu Coloniality and DecolonialityShampa Roy PsychoanalysisHeta Pyrhönen PartII: Devices MurdersMichael Harris-Peyton VictimsRebecca Mills DetectivesDavid Geherin CriminalsChristiana Gregoriou Beginnings and EndingsAlistair Rolls PlottingMartin Edwards Cl