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CRIME SCENES: MODERN CRIME FICTION IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT EXAMINES THE WAYS IN WHICH CRIME FICTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL DECADES AND IN SEVERAL NATIONAL LITERARY TRADITIONS. THE VOLUME COVERS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CURRENT INTERESTS AND TOPICAL CONCERNS IN THE FIELD OF CRIME FICTION STUDIES. IT INTRODUCES TWENTY-FOUR ORIGINAL ESSAYS BY AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF SCHOLARS DIVIDED AMONG THREE MAIN SECTIONS: «GENRES», «AUTHORS AND TEXTS» AND «TOPICS». ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDE GENRE SYNCRETISM, INTERTEXTUALITY, SEXUALITY AND GENDER, NATIONHOOD AND GLOBALIZATION, POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF CRIME FICTION.