Crime, Glorious Crime, summer selection
I assume you already have your summer reading picked out, but in case you haven’t, I have posted a selection of various approaches to crime writing. We gravitate towards the type of books we have come to enjoy most, but sometimes it’s good to break out and try something different. The Wrong Case by James Crumley: Black Swan have reissued this American classic, first published in 1975, when everything was classier than it is now. If you want to read the most exquisite description of someone getting drunk, being drunk or being a hopeless drunkard, then this is the book for you. ‘The Wrong Case’ is seriously well-written vintage detective fiction. This type of American Noir makes you pause and think about what life would be like off the treadmill of lifestyle and achievement. Achingly cool. Summary Justice by John Fairfax: Courtroom drama is not usually my cup of tea, even if it is littered with dead bodies. However, the protagonist William Benson is an unusual ...