Unpublished Raymond Chandler Story Debuts in the Strand (This weekend, an unpublished Raymond Chandler story debuts in the Strand. The short story is a searing indictment of the healthcare industry by one of the masters of the modern detective story. Here are some more details from Andrew Gulli, the managing editor of the Strand.) ODDLY, […]
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Mobsters, Molls, Moguls, and Chorus Girls: Americans in British Detective Classics
Mobsters, Molls, Moguls, and Chorus Girls: Americans in British Detective Classics Ah, Americans. We love to flash cash, attempt world domination, overeat, and barge into parties loudly—at least, that’s the depiction of Yanks in the classic age of British detective fiction in the 1910s through the ’40s. And this was pre-reality TV! Look […]
The Best Books About Unreliable Memories (That I Can Recall)
The Best Books About Unreliable Memories (That I Can Recall) A few years ago, I attended an event run by an ex-detective-turned-author. He asked for two volunteers, people who had come to the event together, so my mom and I went up. We know each other well, of course, and we’d spent the whole […]

