New essays by leading scholars examining today's vibrant and innovative German crime fiction, along with its historical background.

Introduction - Lynn M. Kutch and Todd HerzogVor Ort: The Functions and Early Roots of German Regional Crime - Kyle FrackmanKrimi Quo Vadis: Literary and Televised Trends in the German Crime Genre - Sascha GerhardsPlurality and Alterity in wolf Haas's Detective Brenner Mysteries - Jon ShermanThe Case of the Austrian Regional Crime Novel - Anita McChesney"Darkness at the Beginning": The Holocaust in Contemporary German Crime Fiction - Magdalena WaligórskaCase Histories: The Lagacy of Nazi Euthanasia in Recent German Heimatkrimis - Susanne C. Knittel"Der Fall Loest": A Case Study of Crime Stories and the Public Sphere in the GDR - Carol Anne Costabile-HemingWhat's in Your Bag?: "Freudian Crimes" and Austria's Nazi Past in Eva Rossmann's Freudsche Verbrechen - Traci S. O'BrienLayered Deviance: Intersexuality in Contemporary German Crime Fiction - Angelika BaierGirls in the Gay Bar: Performing and Policing Identity in Crime Fiction - Faye StewartEva Rossmann's Culinary Mysteries - Heike HendersonWorks CitedIndex