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Revisiting <em>In the Fog</em>, An American's Ode to England's Foul Weather

Revisiting In the Fog, An American's Ode to England's Foul Weather

Leslie Klinger considers setting and atmosphere in a newly reprinted classic from Richard Harding Davis

By Leslie S. Klinger | March 14, 2024

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

Leslie Klinger on a lesser-known work by S.S. Van Dine and what "The Canary Murder Case" says about its detective and creator

By Leslie S. Klinger | November 29, 2023

On Ed Lacy's <em>Room to Swing</em> and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

On Ed Lacy's Room to Swing and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

Written by a Harlem-based white author, Room to Swing features a Black detective and is an earnest effort infused with the jazzy spirit of the 1950s.

By Leslie S. Klinger | November 4, 2022

The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Leslie S. Klinger on Robert Louis Stevenson's most enduring – and unsettling – creation.

By Leslie S. Klinger | October 18, 2022

The Birth of American Detective Fiction

The Birth of American Detective Fiction

The Unlikely Detectives Who Would Launch a Literary Phenomenon

By Leslie S. Klinger | October 2, 2018

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