I think that great bursts of crime fiction tended to follow
big wars that the US was involved in, so for example the 20s,
50s, and 70s producing some good crime writing. Some of this
may have been the return of combat veterans who had become
rather casual about violence. I know Charles Willeford was
worried about this. He had to stop his men swapping cases of
beer for other unit's German prisoners, which they then used
for target practice.
Graham
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