Tatort Germany (Web PDF) von Lynn M. Kutch

New essays by leading scholars examining today's vibrant and innovative German crime fiction, along with its historical background.

Introduction - Lynn M. Kutch and Todd Herzog
Vor Ort: The Functions and Early Roots of German Regional Crime - Kyle Frackman
Krimi Quo Vadis: Literary and Televised Trends in the German Crime Genre - Sascha Gerhards
Plurality and Alterity in wolf Haas's Detective Brenner Mysteries - Jon Sherman
The Case of the Austrian Regional Crime Novel - Anita McChesney
"Darkness at the Beginning": The Holocaust in Contemporary German Crime Fiction - Magdalena Waligórska
Case Histories: The Lagacy of Nazi Euthanasia in Recent GermanHeimatkrimis - Susanne C. Knittel
"Der Fall Loest": A Case Study of Crime Stories and the Public Sphere in the GDR - Carol Anne Costabile-Heming
What's in Your Bag?: "Freudian Crimes" and Austria's Nazi Past in Eva Rossmann'sFreudsche Verbrechen - Traci S. O'Brien
Layered Deviance: Intersexuality in Contemporary German Crime Fiction - Angelika Baier
Girls in the Gay Bar: Performing and Policing Identity in Crime Fiction - Faye Stewart
Eva Rossmann's Culinary Mysteries - Heike Henderson
Works Cited
Index