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Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery
In 1972, in an attempt to elevate the stature of the "crime novel," influential crime writer and critic Julian Symons cast numerous Golden Age detective fiction writers into literary perdition as "Humdrums," condemning their focus on puzzle plots over stylish writing and explorations of character, setting and theme. This volume explores the works of three prominent British "Humdrums"--Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, and Alfred Walter Stewart--revealing their work to be more complex, as puzzles and as social documents, than Symons allowed. By championing the intrinsic merit of these mystery writers, the study demonstrates that reintegrating the "Humdrums" into mystery genre studies provides a fuller understanding of the Golden Age of detective fiction and its aftermath.
Waking Lions
Dr Eitan Green is speeding through the moonlit desert in his SUV after an exhausting hospital shift when he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he impulsively flees the scene.It is a decision that changes everything.When the dead man's wife appears on his doorstep, her price for silence is not money but something else entirely. Meanwhile, Eitan's wife is the police detective tasked with investigating the hit-and-run, following a trail that leads dangerously close to home . . .
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