{"product_id":"historical-noir-by-barry-forshaw-9780857301352","title":"Historical Noir","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's one of the most successful and surprising phenomena in the entire crime fiction genre: detectives (and protodetectives) solving crimes in earlier eras. There is now an army of historical sleuths operating from the mean streets of Ancient Rome to the Cold War era of the 1950s. This astonishingly varied offshoot of the crime genre, as well as keeping bookshop tills ringing, is winning a slew of awards, notably the prestigious CWA Historical Dagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBarry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts on crime fiction, has written a lively, wide-ranging and immensely informed history of the genre. \u003cem\u003eHistorical Noir\u003c\/em\u003e began in earnest with Ellis Peters' crime-solving monk Brother Cadfael in the 1970s and Umberto Eco's \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e in 1980, and has now taken readers to virtually every era and locale in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs in Nordic Noir, Euro Noir, Brit Noir, and American Noir, Forshaw has produced the perfect reader's guide to a fascinating field; every major writer is considered, often through a concentration on one or two key books, and exciting new talents are highlighted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Provides an eminently readable, interesting and informative overview of this hugely popular and varied branch of crime fiction.' - \u003cem\u003eMystery People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424260210924,"sku":"9780857301352","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780857301352.jpg?v=1774768771","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/historical-noir-by-barry-forshaw-9780857301352","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}