J. Kingston Pierce reviews three mystery novels dealing in very different ways with World War I: “The Mannequin House” by R. N. Morris, Edward Marston’s “Instrument of Slaughter” and Robert Ryan’s “Dead Man’s Land.”
Schlagwort-Archive: Robert Ryan
Podcast: Real Crime, Real Fiction
Does the consumption of crime novels influence the way we read about real crime? In this panel discussion, writers, curators and journalists explore the impact of real-life crimes on the writing and production of crime fiction, both on television and in print.
Rezension: Robert Ryan: “Dead Man’s Land”
Robert Ryan’s publisher was shopping around for “a work of fiction featuring a ‘detective in the trenches of World War I,’” and Ryan came up with a splendid solution: Why not send Dr. John H. Watson, of Sherlock Holmes fame, to the front lines in France?