THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF CRIME FICTION

I sometimes get an obsession and have to pursue this by studying the history and exploring all facets of the subject. That is why I have a garage full of books on naval history, and the American Civil War.

Now I am in my crime fiction period.

So in keeping with this in the next few months I hope to be reading new Eurocrime novels, and some crime fiction prize winners from 2007.

But I will also be delving from time to time into older crime fiction and reading about the exploits of some of the great fictional detectives of the past.

First up in the Great Detectives series will be Nero Wolfe.