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The crime against the genre of crime fiction may be on, with movies like Fox, but books remain a class apart. To revel in some chilling suspense and tense thrillers, head to the Crime Festival at the British Library, which is on from the 1st to the 15th September, between 11am and 7pm everyday. The exhibition is closed on Mondays
The British Library is displaying a range of classic and popular crime fiction novels suitable for all ages. Some of the writers featured at the fest are as follows:
Patricia Highsmith (rule-breaking master of amorality)
Georges Simenon (the Trojan horse of foreign crime-writing)
Agatha Christie (the original queen of crime)
Raymond Chandler (the most profound of pulp writers)
Elmore Leonard (the dickens of Detroit)
Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of the ultimate hero-and-sidekick team)
Ed McBain (thrilling writer of snap-and-crackle dialogue)
James M Cain (godfather of Noir)
Ian Rankin (Edinburgh
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