No Yum Yucking, by Josh Stallings

 Q: What are your most and least *favoured sub-genres of crime fiction. And, in both cases, why? Since it’s this time of year, is there anything you’re exhorting yourself to read more of?

A: I am not a fan of the entire concept of fiction genres let alone sub-genres. They stem from an outdated way to organize a bookstore. Looking around my public library we have a fiction section that encompasses all fiction. It is a land where Catriona McPherson’s comic period novels and her darker thrillers l...