Crime Scenes: Modern Crime Fiction in an International Context examines the ways in which crime fiction has developed over several decades and in several national literary traditions. The volume covers a wide spectrum of current interests and topical concerns in the field of crime fiction studies. It introduces twenty-four original essays by an international group of scholars divided among three main sections: -Genres-, -Authors and Texts- and -Topics-. Issues discussed include genre syncretism, intertextuality, sexuality and gender, nationhood and globalization, postcolonial...