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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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Questão 1 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Peter Temple

  • Geoffrey McGeachin

  • Peter Corris

  • Sulari Gentill

Explicação

Questão 2 de 10

10

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Ancient Egypt

  • Ancient Greece

  • Ancient Rome

  • Ancient India

Explicação

Questão 3 de 10

10

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Dublin

  • New York

  • London

  • Auckland

Explicação

Questão 4 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Ancient times

  • 1920s

  • at the end of apartheid in 1994

  • 1950s

Explicação

Questão 5 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Walter Mosley

  • Robert Crais

  • Lawrence Block

  • James Lee Burke

Explicação

Questão 6 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Maude Silver

  • Lucy Eyelesbarrow

  • Dandelion 'Dandy' Gilver

  • Maisie Dobbs

Explicação

Questão 7 de 10

10

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • London

  • Berlin

  • Rome

  • Paris

Explicação

Questão 8 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Corinna Chapman

  • Phryne Fisher

  • Ella Marconi

  • Rowland 'Rowly' Sinclair

Explicação

Questão 9 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Vladimir Lenin

  • Nikita Krushchev

  • Leonid Brezhnev

  • Joseph Stalin

Explicação

Questão 10 de 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Ellis Peters

  • Lindsey Davis

  • Shona (S.G.) MacLean

  • Peter Tremayne

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