Beethoven’s Hairy Genes
Ludwig van Beethoven died 196 years ago but there has always been speculation about what he actually died of. Now, having sequenced genes from a sample of the great composer's…
The Trouble with Phenomenology
I am currently on the last lap (Launch minus 19 days) of the publication of the fourth volume of my new series, The Phenomenological Detective, “Jacqueline's Tears”. The Risk of…
European Detectives – the godparents of Nordic Noir
Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo of Sweden Small island with lighthouse, Sweden I first discovered the Swedish detective Martin Beck on television, in BBC 4’s foreign detective slot at 9pm…
European Detectives – Pierre LeMaitre – France
Oil painting of Eiffel Tower, France Pierre Lemaitre wrote the trilogy starring Camille Verhœoeven: ‘Irène’, ‘Alex’, and ‘Camille’. Considering the recent wrestling I’ve had with my detective series title, which…
Bee Positive
bee and flower It’s likely that most crime fiction readers have either heard of Locard’s exchange principle or seen it in action in their reading – the theory (for revision…