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Have you ever wished you could just go back in time? The great thing about crime fiction is that it lets you. And as a dedicated crime fiction fan, you know all of your historical novels and authors, don't you? Or do you? Take this handy quiz and find out. Match each question with the correct answer. At the end of the quiz, submit your answers to see how well you have done. You can also go through your answers and see which ones you got correct. Ready? Let's go!

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Frage 1 von 10

10

This author created the well-regarded Charlie Berlin series, which takes place in and around Melbourne. Each novel takes place in a different decade, starting with The Diggers Rest Hotel, which takes place in 1947. Who created Charlie Berlin?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Peter Temple

  • Geoffrey McGeachin

  • Peter Corris

  • Sulari Gentill

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Frage 2 von 10

10

Lindsey Davis' Marcus Didius Falco series takes place in an ancient culture. In which culture does Falco live?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ancient Egypt

  • Ancient Greece

  • Ancient Rome

  • Ancient India

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Frage 3 von 10

10

Benjamin Black's pathologist sleuth Garrett Quirke lives and works during the 1950s. In which city does he solve his cases?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Dublin

  • New York

  • London

  • Auckland

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Frage 4 von 10

10

Malla Nunn's series featuring DS Emmanuel Cooper is as much a look at life in South Africa as it is a set of investigations. When does this series take place?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ancient times

  • 1920s

  • at the end of apartheid in 1994

  • 1950s

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Frage 5 von 10

10

We see the world of post-World War II Los Angeles through the eyes of PI Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins, beginning with Devil in a Blue Dress. Who is Rawlins' creator?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Walter Mosley

  • Robert Crais

  • Lawrence Block

  • James Lee Burke

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Frage 6 von 10

10

Jacqueline Winspear's sleuth is a PI working in England just after World War I and through the 1920s. Who is Winspear's creation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Maude Silver

  • Lucy Eyelesbarrow

  • Dandelion 'Dandy' Gilver

  • Maisie Dobbs

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Frage 7 von 10

10

Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series takes his PI sleuth from pre-World War II into the 1950s. Where is Gunther from?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • London

  • Berlin

  • Rome

  • Paris

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Frage 8 von 10

10

One of Kerry Greenwood's sleuths lives in 1920s Melbourne. The other lives and works there in the present time. Who stars in Greenwood's historical series?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Corinna Chapman

  • Phryne Fisher

  • Ella Marconi

  • Rowland 'Rowly' Sinclair

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Frage 9 von 10

10

William Ryan's Captain Alexei Korolev works in Moscow's CID just before World War II. Who is the USSR's leader at that time?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Vladimir Lenin

  • Nikita Krushchev

  • Leonid Brezhnev

  • Joseph Stalin

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Frage 10 von 10

10

No discussion of historical crime fiction would be complete without this author, whose name is given to the Crime Writers Association (CWA)'s award for best historical crime novel of each year. Who was the author?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ellis Peters

  • Lindsey Davis

  • Shona (S.G.) MacLean

  • Peter Tremayne

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