Outback noir and Gothic creepiness: the uncanny is never far away in Martine Kropowski’s Everywhere We Look

By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra

Crime fiction is one of the most successful genres. Its titles fill bestseller lists around the world and provide hours of pleasure to its many readers – including me, a long-time fan of the form.

There are various views about why it is so popular. Many offer a variant of Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, which crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers explains at some length and with…

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