Jefferson Chase looks at another home grown literary giant
One of the hallmarks of contemporary crime fiction is its liberation from the detective. Having been raised on Marlowe and Sam Spade, and countless inferior copies, writers today realise the last thing their readers need is another retread gumshoe.
That’s led to a number of original experiments wit...
By Jefferson Chase
from Issue 70 published on
Jefferson Chase turns his attentions to Scottish grown authors.
For the next few columns, I thought we’d have a wee look at the genre of “tartan noir.” Scottish crime fiction comes in a variety of hues and shades. Christopher Wallace’s mesmerizingly creepy 1999 novel The Resurrection Club is more noir than tartan.
Part detective story, part Gothic horror trip a...
By Jefferson Chase
from Issue 68 published on 07/12/2007
