Domestic Noir: The New Face of 21st Century Crime Fiction

Offers the first comprehensive overview of one the most commercially successful crime fiction subgenres of the 21st century
Includes a foreword from Julia Crouch, the originator of the term ’domestic noir’
Takes an interdisciplinary approach that will also be of interest to scholars of gender studies, sexuality, and queer theory

Laura Joyce is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research focuses on representations of gendered, sexual and intimate violence. She has published two crime novels: The Museum of Atheism (2012) and The Luminol Reels (2014). Her forthcoming critical books are Luminol Theory and Deadly Landscapes.
Henry Sutton is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, UK, and Director of the new Creative Writing MA in Crime Fiction. He is the author of 10 novels, most recently Time to Win (2017) under the pseudonym Harry Brett. Previous novels include My Criminal World (2013), Get Me Out of Here (2010) and Kids’ Stuff (2003).