Julian Symons wrote both crime fiction and criticism about the development of the genre. His novels tend to move away from the neat country-house puzzle towards crimes driven by psychology, money and social pressure. The Colour of Murder follows a man accused after a young woman's death and uses courtroom and psychiatric evidence to complicate the reader's view of what happened; The Progress of a Crime reconstructs a public killing through witnesses, police work and legal process. Bloody Murder, published in the US as Mortal Consequences, is his major critical study of detective and crime fiction, distinguishing the classical puzzle from the more psychologically driven crime novel. Symons writes with economy and scepticism, interested in motive as much as solution. The novels belong to psychological British crime, while Bloody Murder is the key non-fiction title for anyone interested in how the detective story developed into the modern crime novel. Read more Less
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