
When the detective is the sidekick
A few years ago, I had the great joy of writing something for a fascinating collection edited by Lucy Andrew and Sam Saunders, A Study in Sidekicks (2021). I had been playing around with fiction adjacent to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes for a long time, like female detective stories of the mid-to-late C19, and…

Alex Pavesi – Eight Detectives (2020)
Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’m starting to put together quick, bite-size reviews of the books in these genres. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover all the films and TV series I watch too, but these might be added in the future. The ‘see…

China Miéville – The City and the City (2009)
Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’m starting to put together quick, bite-size reviews of the books in these genres. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover all the films and TV series I watch too, but these might be added in the future. The ‘see…

Matt Wesolowski – Changeling (2019) and Beast (2020)
Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’m starting to put together quick, bite-size reviews of the books in these genres. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover all the films and TV series I watch too, but these might be added in the future. Reviews aren’t…
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