Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction

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Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction is written by Stuart Sim and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1137469668 (ISBN 10) and 9781137469663 (ISBN 13).

The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.