Paul Davis On Crime: Are We In A New Golden Age Of Crime Fiction?
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Tom Nolan writes about a possible new Golden Age of crime fiction in the Wall Street Journal.
The private-eye novel, for instance, the hardiest of American detective-story forms, had another fine season, thanks to exciting books by both veterans and newer writers. The lone investigator uncovering nasty truths and righting wrongs has proved as appealing as the cowboy hero; and he (or she) has survived longer than the cowpoke by adapting to change: in technology, in literary technique and in job description. ....
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