Every single example of a crime novel or police procedural falls into one of these four categories without exception. Lee Child's Jack Reacher series is the most prolific serial killer in American fiction. The plot of every John Grisham novel ever, and I say this as someone who lovesJohn Grisham like a brother, is about the subversion of institutional authority.
Today, another episode from the Revisionist History Live universe. It's an old fashioned lecture, recorded at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Malcolm talks about a totally real thing he made up—a taxonomy of the modern mystery story—with a focus on murder mysteries and police procedurals. From Dragnet, to John Grisham, to Sherlock Holmes, it's all in there...and all connected to how we view real policing.
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