Description: The private investigator is one of the most enduring characters within crime fiction. From Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade - the hard-boiled loner trawling the mean streets - to Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings - the genteel companion in greener surrounds - the P. I. has taken on any number of guises. In Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator, edi.
Brief description: Rachel Franks is Conjoint Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Coordinator, Education and Scholarship at the State Library of New South Wales.