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How did a beautiful Georgian house inspire Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly? Or a stretch of the East Anglian coast become the place in which a murder victim is discovered in P.D. James's Devices and Desires?
Novel Crime Scenes explores the landscapes of twenty crime novels in forensic detail. Beginning with the Devon moorland of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1899) and ending with London's Brick Lane as described in Ajay Chowdhury's The Waiter (2021), it ranges from John Buchan's Galloway Hills and Gwen Moffat's Cape Wrath to Ellis Peters's Shropshire, Margery Allingham's Essex, Colin Dexter's Oxford and Sam Llewellyn's Isles of Scilly. Each chapter also delves into the author's background and discovers what the setting of the book meant to them, often by following in the footsteps of Britain's best-known crime writers.
Whether you are an armchair detective or an intrepid investigator, this book will inspire you to appreciate old favourites with deeper insights and discover thrilling new literary destinations.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 THE MELANCHOLY MOOR Arthur Conan Doyle & The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902
2 THE SUNSET SIDE OF LONDON G.K. Chesterton & The Man Who Was Thursday, 1908
3 HIGH HEATHERY MOUNTAINS John Buchan & The Thirty-Nine Steps, 1915
4 THE STRIPLING THAMES Ronald Knox & The Footsteps at the Lock, 1928
5 MUD, MIST AND TIDE Margery Allingham & Mystery Mile, 1930
6 BRAZEN TONGUES CLAMOURING Dorothy L. Sayers & The Nine Tailors, 1934
7 SUNKEN LABYRINTH Geoffrey Household & Rogue Male, 1939
8 THE WORLD'S WHOPPER Arthur Ransome & The Big Six, 1940
9 A STORY WHOSE VERY ROOTS GROW IN THE PLACE E.C.R. Lorac & Crook O'Lune, 1953
10 DREAM HOUSE Agatha Christie & Dead Man's Folly, 1956
11 EERIE EMPTINESS Gwen Moffat & Miss Pink at the Edge of the World, 1975
12 A HEAVING FLEECE OF WOODLAND Ellis Peters & The Hermit of Eyton Forest, 1987
13 FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME P.D. James & Devices and Desires, 1989
14 THE VERY SPIRIT OF THE CITY Colin Dexter & The Way Through the Woods, 1992
15 TWENTY-ONE ACRES OF PARADISE Sam Llewellyn & The Sea Garden, 1999
16 PARALLEL UNIVERSE Malcolm Pryce & Aberystwyth Mon Amour, 2001
17 GENII LOCORUM Ben Aaronovitch & Rivers of London, 2011
18 A COLD AND EERIE BLANKET Martin Edwards & The Frozen Shroud, 2013
19 MAELSTROM Peter May & The Coffin Road, 2016
20 A SEA OF PARKAS, BURQAS, DASHIKIS Ajay Chowdhury & The Waiter, 2021
