Books Podcast: Sara Paretsky16: 13 12/03/2010, Sara Paretsky, Sarah Crown, Claire Armitstead, Scott Cawley, books, crime books, culture, fiction, guar

Books Podcast: Sara Paretsky16: 13 12/03/2010, Sara Paretsky, Sarah Crown, Claire Armitstead, Scott Cawley, books, crime books, culture, fiction, guardian.co.uk, interviews, Guardian Unlimited
In the podcast this week to probe the murky waters of crime fiction. Critical thriller The Guardian, John O'Connell, said the noble origins of the genre, and Belinda Bauer, whose debut novel, Blacklands, began life as a family drama, explaining why his accidental foray into the field has become a crime to convert. And Claire Armitstead talks to Sara Paretsky, one of the great ladies of the literature of crime in the final output of feisty detective, VI Warshawski, in his new novel, Hardball.

We also hear Fainlight Ruth, one of the writers who have contributed to the role of guardian of this week's review of the poetry of the age, reading his poem on the subject.

Reading List

Hardball by Sara Paretsky (Hodder