![]() ![]() ![]() Each chapter opens with an anecdote from the life of a consequential author, putting their literary efforts in the context of their lives. The author traces the roots of crime fiction beyond where most scholars start while he credits Edgar Allan Poe as the father of detective fiction, he identifies a lesser-known figure, William Godwin (Mary Shelley’s father), as having written the “first thriller about a manhunt” with his 1794 novel Things as They Are. Edwards ( The Golden Age of Murder), an archivist for the Crime Writers’ Association, puts his expertise to good use in this magisterial history of crime fiction. ![]()
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