Crime Fiction

Nuanced noir: As Indian readers devour crime fiction, desi writers are producing great stories

There's an increasing appetite for crime writing in India and the upcoming Noir Literature Festival in Delhi is looking to tap into it

A very pukka murder: Indian historical crime fiction has come of age, these sleuths prove

Even as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, it seems that crime fiction in India is finally coming of age

Ambai's Sudha Gupta is the latest addition to collection of delightful desi female detectives

There's a long tradition of female detectives written by Indian women who subvert typical ideas about their ilk

Anita Nair on new noir novel: Must crack insularity of middle class to child trafficking

Author Anita Nair is out with her 15th book, a noir crime novel on the grimy underbelly of Bengaluru. The book, Chain of Custody, takes a cold, hard look at child trafficking, a crime that is rampant in urban India, but seldom discussed openly.

PD James, the voice of detective Adam Dalgliesh, dies at 94

PD James took the classic British detective story into tough modern terrain, complete with troubled relationships and brutal violence, and never accepted that crime writing was second-class literature.