International Crime Fiction Association

How the #MeToo movement has shaped how women write crime fiction There are now several crime novels that specifically reference the #MeToo movement.

This week's article critically discusses the influence of the #MeToo movement on the way women write crime fiction as well as the challenges these authors face. ➡️ buff.ly/g0bEYWN.

⭐ ECR Members Double Workshop afternoon ⭐

Join us on December 6th at 2pm (CEST) for two ‘How To’ workshops on conference paper writing and organising research!

Please indicate your interest to join either here (on the post) or on our Discord.

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Our #BOTW is a trilogy from Susan Van Dusen. The Missing Hand, Poisoned Passover, and Perilous Purim follow Julia, who joins the Torah Reading Group of her city, where she gets involved in solving cases of theft and murder. A thrilling interplay of Jewish culture and crime.

🎉 Happy Birthday to #RexStout, born in 1886, creator of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. He saw detective fiction as democratic, exposing guilt and defending innocence. He challenged genre elitism, called mysteries “nourishment,” and believed reason restores justice. #CrimeFiction

#OpenAccess Article of the Week: Marcus Richey's 'Lacan, Shadow Feminism, and Paul Auster’s City of Glass'. ➡️ buff.ly/q7tBFnB.

Underestimating Irma, he ends up falling down the stairs and breaking his neck. Trapped and immobile, Andreas relies on Irma for everything. Meanwhile, the police investigate his disappearance, but Zipp hesitates to speak due to his involvement in the earlier robbery.
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#BOTW: Karin Fossum's When the Devil Holds the Candle (1998) follows teenage friends Andreas and Zipp. After they rob a young mother, Andreas proposes robbing Irma, an elderly woman. Zipp refuses, but Andreas proceeds alone.
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🎉Happy Birthday to #WilliamMcIlvanney, #bornonthisday in 1936. He's a renowned Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet, known as the “godfather of Tartan Noir” for his gritty crime fiction. His 1975 novel Docherty and Laidlaw revolutionised the genre. #CrimeFiction

Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow's seminar is cancelled. Monash's Crime Fiction Project's Team will try to reschedule it at a suitable time.

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause!

On behalf of the Monash Crime Fiction Project, we would like to invite you to their second November seminar, presented by Dr Carlos Uxó (Monash University): "Communist Crime Fiction”.
📆 26th Nov. 2025
👥 💻 20 Chancellors Walk, Room S701 OR online.
🕑 4-5pm (Melbourne time)

Zoom: buff.ly/p2dAr0h

A Sea of Islands, a Sea of Crime: Island Crime Fiction in the Aegean Sea | Published in Island Studies Journal By Ralph Crane. Geocriticism and spatial literary studies are used to explore the ways non-textual paratext—in particular covers and maps—work alongside a text, or narrative, to capitalize on the…

In today’s article: “A sea of islands, a sea of crime: island crime fiction in the Aegean Sea”, Ralph Crane explores ideas of ‘#islandness’ in English-language #crime fction with a particular focus on the functions of non-textual #paratext. ➡️ bit.ly/4qG655g.

This week’s #BOTW is Sophie White’s Where I End (2022). In this terrifying, yet gripping Gothic horror tale, a young woman–Aoileann–must care for her mother, who is bedridden until at night, when nobody is looking, she unexplainably moves through the house.

⭐ ICFA ECR&PGR Mini-Symposium ⭐

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⭐ ECR Monthly Check-In ⭐

Join us on Nov. 29th, 7pm-8pm (CEST) for our monthly check-in! In this session, we chat all things research, PhD, conferences, CfPs, and much more!

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#OpenAccess article: “Detecting Disability: Moving beyond metaphor in the #crimefiction of #JeffreyDeaver” by Jakubowicz & Meekosha shows how Deaver’s #LincolnRhyme reframes disability from metaphor to identity, revealing tensions between intellect, embodiment, and heroism. buff.ly/spphusN.

Your talks were of a very high standard and we would love to share your research in Crime Fiction Studies! Please submit your article to use at crimefictionstudies@gmail.com by Dec. 1st 2025. Please also check our style guidelines to ensure your submission adheres: buff.ly/MucxeNc.

Call for Crime Fiction Studies Contributions!

The Editorial Board of Crime Fiction Studies would like to invite you to submit an expanded version of your Captivating Criminality 12 conference for possible publication in the journal. To be considered for 7.2, submit by Dec. 12 2025!

#BOTW: In M. L. Rio’s Graveyard Shift (2024), five graveyard workers in a quiet college town walk among the tombstones until they uncover a grave that shouldn’t exist. Their investigation pulls them into secrets, strange science, and sudden violence — a moody, gothic spin on #crimefiction.

🎉Happy Birthday to #PatriciaWentworth (Dora Amy Elles), #bornonthisday in 1877. A master of British mystery, she created detective Miss Silver. With over 70 novels, including historical romances, her debut, A Marriage Under the Terror (1910), won the Melrose Prize. #CrimeFiction

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On behalf of the Monash Crime Fiction Project, it's our pleasure to invite you to their next seminar, presented by Dr Eleanore Gardner & Dr Fiona Wade (Charles Sturt Uni.): "Trends or Tropes? Representations of Domestic Violence in Australian Crime Fiction”.

📆 12th Nov.
🕓 4pm - 5pm (AEST)
💻 Zoom

#CapCrim13 #Cfp Reminder!

🔎🫆Captivating Criminality 13: Crime Fiction, Conflict, and Representation 🫆🔍

📍 Bamberg, Germany
📆 25th - 27th June 2026
👥 In person
✍️ Abstract deadline: 15th Jan. 2026
sites.google.com/view/icfa/co...

Our #OpenAccess #AOTW examines #IanRankin’s #TheLieFactory, showing how Rankin integrates #RoryGallagher’s #songlyrics to expand the #hardboiled narrative. It highlights a unique blend of #bluesmusic and #crimefiction. buff.ly/Ro6AiGP.

On 9 November, come to the Torquay Museum for Crime at the Coast, a day of author panels, book signings, and a Q&A with forensic experts! Tickets and information at buff.ly/5FZekTQ

🚨#CallForPapers Reminder🚨

For our #VirtualCrime and #Detection themed issue of #CrimeFictionStudies to be published in March 2027, our guest editors would like to invite you to submit your abstracts!

Deadline: 15 Dec. 2025
Please submit your abstract to crimefictionstudies@gmail.com.

🎉Happy Birthday to #PhilipMacDonald, #bornonthisday in 1900. Known for his "whodunnit" mysteries, including the Anthony Gethryn novels (e.g The Rasp), he was also a screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and won the Edgar Award twice for Best Short Story. #CrimeFiction

Waking up on a cold morgue slab wasn’t the end for Jet Mason — it was the start. As Halloween looms, she must piece together the night she “died” and uncover who wanted her gone. Every second counts in Holly Jackson’s Not Quite Dead Yet (2025), our #BOTW, perfect for the spooky season.

Detective history in 10 objects The everyday tools of Victorian and Edwardian investigators

🔍✨ New post alert! Detective History in 10 Objects – a fascinating dive into the everyday tools used by early police detectives to develop their sleuthing skills🕵️‍♂️
👉 Read it here: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/detective-...
#History #Victoriandetectives #ObjectsThatTellStories

#OpenAccess Article of the Week: "Crime Fiction and Black Criminality" by Theodore Martin buff.ly/aQBJm5J

🎉 Happy Birthday to #LeeChild, #bornonthisday in 1954! He is known for his bestselling #JackReacher series about the former military police major. Child has won the Anthony, Barry Awards, and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for his crime fiction. #CrimeFiction