Animals in Detective Fiction

“The collection’s major findings and offer suggestions for future research, but the arguments presented by all 13 essays, plus the introduction, are enlightening and clearly presented, whether readers are new to the study of animal ethics or already familiar with research in this and related disciplines. Ultimately, the grounding of these animal- related issues within the detective fiction genre makes important and innovative contributions to both areas of study.” (Rachel Schaffer, Clues, Vol. 42 (2), 2024)

“A corrective volume that successfully sets the record straight, Animals and Detective Fiction is the starting point for further literary scholarship on genre fiction and animal studies.”  (Dominic O’Key, The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, May 8, 2023)

Ruth Hawthorn  is Senior Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Lincoln. She is currently completing a monograph on American detective fiction for the BAAS Paperbacks series with Edinburgh University Press. Her research interests include crime fiction, the literature of LA, and ecocriticism.  

John Miller  is Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Sheffield, President of ASLE-UKI (Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, UK and Ireland), and co-editor of Palgrave Studies in Animals in Literature. His books include  Empire and the Animal Body   (Anthem, 2014) and  The Heart of the Forest  (British Library Publishing, 2022).