Following the detectives
Subtitle: real locataions in crime fiction
By: Maxim Jakubowski, editor
Publisher: New Holland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781847737014
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Guidebooks; Schauplatz; Literary landmarks; Literarische Stätte; History and criticism; Setting (Literature); Kriminalroman; Guideböcker; Deckare; Litterära miljöer
Description: "Following the Detectives follows the trail of more than 20 of crime fiction's greatest investigators, discovering the cities and countries in which they live and work ... Aimed at the avid detective fan, the armchair tourist and the literary tourist alike, Following the Detectives is the perfect way for crime fiction fans to truly discover the real-life settings of their favourite detective novels."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ian Rankin & Inspector Rebus's Edinburgh  -- Barry Forshaw; title: Raymond Chandler & Philip Marlowe's Los Angeles  -- Maxim Jakubowski; title: Donna Leon & Commissario Brunetti's Venice  -- Barry Forshaw; title: Sara Paretsky & V.I. Warshawski's Chicago  -- Dick Adler and Maxim Jakubowski; title: Arnaldur Indridason & Erlendur's Iceland  -- Peter Rozovsky; title: John D. MacDonald & Travis McGee's Florida  -- Oline Cogdill; title: Colin Dexter & Inspector Morse's Oxford  -- Martin Edwards; title: Henning Mankel & Wallander's Sweden  -- Barry Forshaw; title: George V. Higgins & Eddie Coyle's Boston  -- Michael Carlson; title: John Harvey & Charlie Resnick's Nottingham  -- John Harvey; title: Andrea Camilleri & Montalbano's Sicily  -- Peter Rozovsky; title: George Pelecanos's Washington D.C.  -- Sarah Weinman; title: Peter James & Roy Grace's Brighton  -- Barry Forshaw; title: James Lee Burke & Dave Robicheaux's New Orleans  -- Maxim Jakubowski; title: Georges Simenon & Inspector Maigret's Paris  -- Barry Forshaw; title: Ellis Peters & Brother Cadfael's Shropshire -- Martin Edwards; title: Dashiell Hammett & Sam Spade's San Francisco  -- J. Kingston Pierce; title: Declan Hughes & Ed Loy's Dublin  -- Declan Burke; title: Ross Macdonald & Lew Archer's Southern California  -- Michael Carlson; title: Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes's London  -- David Stuart Davies; title: Lawrence Block & Matt Scudder's New York -- Sarah Weinman.