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Swedish schnapps

The Martin Beck mysteries
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's Martin Beck mysteries are back in a fourth American printing.
By WILLIAM CORBETT | December 02, 2008

Pulp fiction

Russell Banks dips into the mainstream in The Reserve
The forbidding, remorseless Russell Banks has finally conceded to popular literature.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 29, 2008

Detective comics

Brown’s playful City of Angels
Tough guys and loose women populate the lighthearted musical City of Angels like tykes playing dress-up.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 24, 2007

Kate Atkinson’s fear of genre
What’s the big deal about Kate Atkinson? If you read the rapturous reviews of her previous novel, Case Histories , you’d conclude she had written an engrossing mystery that was, you know, more than just a mystery.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | December 05, 2006

Global Murder

Plus, can Healey speak for herself?
Forget the Greens and Libertarians. It’s the Couch-Potato Party that will be the next alternative force in Massachusetts politics.
By JOHN CARROLL | August 03, 2006

Med noir

The bloody Continental take on an American genre
It all starts with murder.
By DANA KLETTER | April 27, 2006

Blown away

Quinlan’s Smoked is Grand Theft Auto: Portland
For a book set in Portland, Patrick Quinlan’s Smoked is striking for its near-total lack of Maine characters. He populates his crime-thriller/love story with people you’ve largely never seen around here.
By SAM PFEIFLE | March 22, 2006

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