No wonder the capital is such a popular setting for crime fiction, from Margery Allingham to Ruth Rendell.
Crime fiction fans will enjoy "Angel Baby" for now and fans can look forward to more of Lange's "grime" in the future.
This year sees crime fiction and thrillers stealing a march on romance.
Both have a history in law enforcement: Johnson worked briefly in the field long ago, while Walt is a legendary lawman among crime fiction readers.
Recent years have seen an upsurge in international interest in gloomy, gritty, Scandinavian crime fiction such as the Wallander series, Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy or the Danish TV series The Killing.
The evidential value of entomology may come as no surprise to lovers of crime fiction, but the fact that it is scientists at the Natural History Museum - more normally associated with the fossilised remains of long dead plants and animals - who are pushing the boundaries of modern forensic science, comes as something of a revelation.
Science-fiction, romance and crime-fiction fans often read more books more quickly than readers of literary fiction do, and finish most of the books they start.
Ms. Harris has cultivated followers in each category by attending the major romance-, fantasy- and crime-fiction conventions.
Genre writers make a conscious choice to write within the framework of specific categories that readers and filmgoers know: horror, suspense, crime, science-fiction, western.
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And as for non-commissioned pieces, owning art from a comic book you enjoy is a great way to relive your favorite fiction, especially if your favorite fiction fights crime.
That's what made money for the big pulp-comics companies: superhero stuff, mostly, but sometimes horror or romance or science fiction or crime comics, each of which has its own familiar codes and formulas.
But the practice is based not on the brainchild of any university professor or crime expert, but in fiction - the character of Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In her free time, Heather enjoys travel, the outdoors, playing basketball and is writing a detective fiction book about organized crime.
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Crime writer Petros Markaris channels Greek rage into fiction.
The trade magazine said print sales of other fiction genres were down year-on-year, including crime novels, which have fallen 20%.
Akashic publishes original stories set in different cities, as well as crime novels written by Cuban authors and an eclectic list of general interest fiction and nonfiction.
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