crime writing

As New York celebrates the sharp decline in crime…the crime writer may be the only New Yorker for whom that drop is not an unequivocal blessing. Just as the breakup of the Soviet Union caused problems for writers whose plots hinged on the dark doings of the cold war, so New York’s crime writers are wondering where to find grist in a far safer city.

Terrible. Bring back the crime.

"After a debate that left senior members of the Telegraph's literary staff with pulled hair, black eyes and, in one case, an infected bite, we this week present our list of the 50 great crime writers of all time." I don't necessarily believe that these are the 50 greatest, but I love lists like this cause they give me a source of good books to read.