Scene of the Crime: A Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective Fiction

Julian Earwaker, Earwaker, Richard Ed. Becker. Aurum Press, $27.5 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-85410-821-0

Anglophiles will relish Scene of the Crime: A Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective Fiction, by Julian Earwaker and Kathleen Becker, which surveys the locales of British mysteries past and present from Scotland to the West Country. P.D. James provides a foreword to this attractive volume, illustrated throughout with color and b&w photos.

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