Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction

by Lisa Hopkins

Book Overview

Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction offers an overview of the ways in which the past is brought back to the surface and influences the present in British detective fiction written between 1920 and 2020. Exploring a range of authors including Agatha Christie, Patricia Wentworth, Val McDermid, Sarah Caudwell, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Jonathan Stroud and Ben Aaronovitch, Lisa Hopkins argues that both the literal and literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030657620
• ISBN13: 9783030657628
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"