Reassessing Murder She Wrote

<p>This book provides a critical overview of the cultural impact of the <em>Murder She Wrote</em> TV series and its paratextual elements including board and video games podcasts fan conventions collectible figures and ghostwritten novels. It also explores the series’ position within the crime genre particularly its engagement with earlier iterations of the ‘lady detective’.</p><p>Bringing together a broad range of experts the book includes contributions from both academics and crime fiction novelists to offer a wide-ranging view of this popular series and its afterlives.</p><p>Suitable for scholars and students working on popular culture crime fiction TV studies or fan studies this collection provides an interdisciplinary analysis of one of the most successful and enduring female-fronted detective series in history.</p>