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Curtis Evans
Curtis Evans is the author of Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery and The Spectrum of English Murder and the editor of Clues and Corpses: The Detective Fiction and Mystery Criticism of Todd Downing, Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene and the Edgar nominated Murder in the Closet: Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall. He blogs at The Passing Tramp.
The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story
The tragic tale of Willoughby Sharp, dilettante Golden Age crime writer, and Claude Kendall, his golden boy publisher
The Rise and Fall and Restoration of Anna Katharine Green’s 'The Leavenworth Case'
Centuries pass and everyone has an opinion about the landmark novel that was once one of the world's most widely read books.
Raymond Chandler's Grudge Against British Mysteries, Reconsidered
Chandler slammed English detective novels and their authors time and again. But he didn't hate the literature, just the class snobbery.
T. S. Eliot, Crime Fiction Critic
Thoughts on Crime Writing From The Man Who Rescued Willkie Collins from Obscurity
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