Serial Crime Fiction

Jean Anderson, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandLucy Andrew, Cardiff University, UKCarolyn Beasley, Swinburne University of Technology, in VictoriaKerstin Bergman, Lund University, SwedenJon Blandford, Bellarmine University, USA Donna Lee Brien, Central Queensland University, Australia Brittain Bright, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKRachel Franks, The University of Newcastle, Australia Nick Heffernan, University of Nottingham, UKPim Higginson, Bryn Mawr College, USAMaysaa Jaber, University of Baghdad, Iraq Carolina Miranda, Victoria University, Wellington, New ZealandTaryn Norman, University of Tennessee, USAEduardo Obradó, Universidad de Cantabria, SpainFederico Pagello, Queen's University Belfast, UKAnna Pasolini, University of Milan, ItalyBarbara Pezzotti, Australasian Centre for Italian Studies, AustraliaSteven Powell, Independent Scholar, UKAlistair Rolls, University of Newcastle, AustraliaClara Sitbon, University of Newcastle, AustraliaNicoletta Vallorani, University of Milan, Italy Sabine Vanacker, University of Hull, UKMarie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, University of Newcastle, Australia

• 1. Introduction PART I: THE SUM OF ITS PARTS: WHAT MAKES A SERIES?2. Stephen Burroughs, Serial Offender; Jon Blandford3. The Myth of the Gentleman Burglar: Models of Serialization and Temporality in Early Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction; Federico Pagello4. '' ''More than the Sum of its Parts: Borges, Bioy Casares and the Phenomenon of the Séptimo Círculo Collection '' ''; Carolina Miranda5. Serializing Sullivan: Vian/Sullivan, the Série noire, and the effet de collection; Clara Sitbon, Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan and Alistair Rolls6. Armed and Dangerous: Le Poulpe and the Formalization of French Noir; Pim Higginson7. Acts of Violence: The World War II Veteran Private-Eye Movie as an Ideological Crime Series; Nick Heffernan8. The Structure of the Whole: James Ellroy '' ''s LA Quartet Series; Steven Powell PART II: AS TIME GOES BY: PROGRESSING THE SERIES9. The Maturity of Lord Peter Wimsey and Authorial Innovation Within a Series; Brittain Bright10. Series Fiction and the Challenge of Ideology: the Feminism of Sara Paretsky; Sabine Vanacker11. From Conflicted Mother to Lone Avenger: Transformations of the Woman Journalist Detective in Liza Marklund '' ''s Crime Series; Kerstin Bergman12. It '' ''s All One Book. It '' ''s All One World: George Pelecanos '' ''s Washington DC; Eduardo Obradó13. Serializing Evil: David Peace and the Formulæ of Crime Fiction; Nicoletta Vallorani14. The Flavour of the Street: The Factory Series by Derek Raymond; Anna Pasolini15. Andrea Camilleri '' ''s Imaginary Vigàta, Between Formula and Innovation; Barbara PezzottiPART III: TRANPOSITION, IMITATION, INNOVATION16. Sherlock Holmes in Hollywood: Film Series, Genre and Masculinities; Maysaa Jaber17. Murder, Mayhem and Clever Branding: the Stunning Success of J.B. Fletcher; Rachel Franks and Donna Lee Brien18. From flâneur to traceur?: Léo Malet and Cara Black Construct the PI '' ''s Paris; JeanAnderson19. The City Lives in Me: Connectivity and Embeddedness in Australia '' ''s Peter Temple and Shane Maloney; Carolyn Beasley20. '' ''She '' ''s pretty hardboiled, huh? '' '' Rewriting the Classic Detective in Veronica Mars; Taryn Norman21. '' ''Exspecta Inexspectata '' '': The Rise of the Supernatural in Hybrid; Detective Series for Young Readers; Lucy AndrewBibliography Index