Why are we so fascinated with made-up crime stories? Is it that they feed our morbid fascinations and our need to see justice done?
Frances talks to crime writer and critic Peter Guttridge about the hugely popular genre of crime fiction and what it does for us.
Books specially mentioned include
By Peter Guttridge: No Laughing Matter (comic crime);
The Brighton Trilogy (City of Dreadful Night, The Last King of Brighton & The Thing Itself); The Lady of the Lake
By James Ellroy: The LA Trilogy (The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential & White Jazz)
By Lawrence Durrell: The Alexandria Quartet (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clear)
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Recorded March 2021
Music: Frances
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