The Conventions of Detective Fiction, or Why We Like Detective Novels: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Sanja Matković

“…This paper answers the questions of who the readers of this genre are and what makes detective stories so attractive for them. The first part of the paper discusses why the so-called contemplatives are especially fond of detective fiction, which is often read as escapist literature, as well as why detective fiction is especially popular in Anglo-Saxon countries. …”
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Of Women, Wine and Salt: Revisioning the Home in Harriet Prescott Spofford’s Detective Fiction by Stéphanie Durrans

“…This paper examines three detective stories written by Spofford between 1859 and 1868 in an attempt to retrace the birth and development of her chief detective figure, from the wine cellar in which he is figuratively born to the dark depths of the cellar where he is left stranded at the end of the last tale. …”
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The Laughing Policeman / by Sjöwall, Maj, 1935-2020, author 654126, Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975, author 206212, Blair, Alan, translator 654127

“…These are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell; Graham Greene to Jonathan Franzen. …”

E. A. Poe and A. A. Shkljarevskij: Foregrounding Deduction and/or Social Commentary – A Comparative Study of Early Detective Fiction by Maja Pandžić

“…Three decades after American author Edgar Allan Poe laid down the foundations for the detective genre in the 1840s with his “tales of ratiocination,” native detective stories began to appear on Russian literary scene. …”
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The Original in the Digital Age by Doron Avital, Karolina Dolanska

“…Both tales are read as fascinating detective stories. We provide an analysis of our own that anchors the idea of the Original with the logic of Singular Rule - thereby giving structure to the ‘one-of-its-kind’ property that we associate with the Original. …”
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The Man on the Balcony / by Sjöwall, Maj, 1935-2020, author 654126, Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975, author 206212, Blair, Alan, translator 654127

“…These are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell; Graham Greene to Jonathan Franzen. …”

Konstruování obrazu minulosti zaměřené na dětské adresáty: míšení stylů a žánrů by Jana Hoffmannová

“…The paper also presents the various genres which appear in the magazine (from myths, legends and fables to comics, including, e.g. “historical detective stories”). It further recalls and accents everyday life in history in this popularising discourse and its connections to the gender perspective (female perspective), among others. …”
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Fernando Pessoa's detective fiction by Valente Baptista, MS

“…<p>In this thesis I set out to write the first in-depth study of Pessoa's detective stories. I approached this task in three steps: firstly, by tracing Pessoa's interest in the genre of crime fiction, his readings and influences. …”

Autobodies: Detectives, Disorders, and Getting out of the Neighborhood by James Peacock

“…This article explores two detective stories featuring protagonists with neurological conditions. …”
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Artistic Interpretation of the Concept of WINE DRINKING in a Series of Detective Novels by Boris Akunin “The Adventures of Erast Fandorin” by O. A. Dimitrieva

“…The features of the concept representation of wine drinking in the artistic version of Boris Akunin are considered on the example of a series of detective stories “The Adventures of Erast Fandorin”. The work is a continuation of the author’s research in the field of artistic interpretation of Bacchic discourse by various writers. …”
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Evidence of the Palaeolithic: a digital reconstruction, prior to the landfill, of Rookery Farm, Lower Kingswood, UK by Scott-Jackson, J, Scott-Jackson, W

“…In all good detective stories there are several facets to the plot. …”

Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: a reassessment of Plimpton 322 by Robson, E

“…<p>Ancient mathematical texts and artefacts, if we are to understand them fully, must be viewed in the light of their mathematico-historical context, and not treated as artificial, self-contained creations in the style of detective stories. I take as a dramatic case study the famous cuneiform tablet Plimpton 322. …”

The adaptive community-response (ACR) method for collecting misinformation on social media by Julian Kauk, Helene Kreysa, André Scherag, Stefan R. Schweinberger

“…A baseline comparison to the fact-checked tweets showed that the ACR method can detect story-related tweets to a comparable degree, while being sensitive to different types of tweets: Fact-checked tweets tend to be driven by high outreach (as indicated by a high number of retweets), whereas the sensitivity of the ACR method extends to tweets exhibiting lower outreach. …”
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Un inverno 1943-1944. Testimonianze e ricordi sulle operazioni per la salvaguardia delle opere d’arte italiane durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale/A Winter 1943-1944. Testimonies an... by Alessandra Lavagnino

“…The text by the author, the art historian's daughter, is based on Emilio's diary and the tight, dry prose, which follows her father's, accompanies the tale of those dramatic moments that captivates like a detective story…”
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