The always wonderful Sarah Weinman looks at P.D. James Talking about Detective Fiction.
In order to understand and properly appreciate contemporary detective fiction, it is vital to look back to the past. That can be hard to do when one's nominal occupation requires staying on top -- and reading many -- of the year's releases, which total in the thousands in a given 12-month period. But even the shop-worn excuse of "too many books to read" wears thin after a while.
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