Introduction: Crime fiction and detective fiction
Eighteenth-century crime writing / Ian A. Bell
The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 / Lynn Pykett
The short story from Poe to Chesterton / Martin Kayman
French crime fiction / Sita Schütt
The golden age / Stephen Knight
The private eye / Dennis Porter
The thriller / David Glover
Post-war American police fiction / LeRoy L. Panek
Post-war British crime fiction / Martin Priestman
Women detectives / Maureen T. Reddy
Black crime fiction / Andrew Pepper
Crime on film and TV / Nickianne Moody
Detection and literary fiction / Laura Marcus.