Millions of readers would agree on the pleasures of detective fiction. Where did the “who done it” originate? What are some of its literary and philosophical underpinnings? Why do people read detective fiction? Novelists Robert B. Parker and Amanda J. Smith are joined by Anne Ponder, a scholar of detective fiction and director of the honor programs at Elon College.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
