Lean Down Your Ear upon the Earth, and Listen: Thomas Wolfe's Greener Modernism Book

In Progress-

This is a set of essays about historical fiction detectives, divided by time periods. As such it's primarily interesting to big fans of the genre, especially those who want to know how accurate their favorite books are. There are also extensive footnotes and references for those who want to read further.

There's an element of literary criticism, with the authors talking about those writers they admire and panning those they don't like. But you also get a good sense of some of the stories and could find some new series to try out.