You Call That A Crime Novel?
Why isn’t every novel that hinges on a crime or criminality considered a crime novel?
When books come along and we throw them into their chosen pigeonhole, it feels like our aim is often a little off. Here are five famous books that could, with just a little argument, be considered crime novels.
The Literary Novel
The Spy Novel
The Classic
The Classical
The Fantasy Novel
Malcolm Mackay is the author of For Those Who Know the Ending which is definitely a crime novel, and the Glasgow Trilogy, which has been nominated for several international prizes.
“Don’t pick up a Mackay book unless you’ve got spare time. They’re habit-forming.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Martin Sivok is in trouble. Tied to a chair, plastic strips biting his wrists, inside a deserted warehouse. . . There are only so many ways this scenario can end, most of them badly. For now his best hope is figuring out who put him here–and staying conscious long enough to confront them.
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