Author: Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
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Academic Crimes and Misdemeanours, and the Acute Vulnerability of Grad Student Researchers
This blog post was inspired by The Guardian‘s top-ten 2025 list of long-form features. This article, by Scott Sayare, is fascinating: The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins. I’d missed it, back in May when it appeared, during my busiest teaching season. It’s necessary reading…
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My 2025 Crime Fiction Highlights
In 2025, the highlight was the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, which featured prominent crime writers like Kate Atkinson and Ian Rankin, as well as opportunities for emerging authors. Alongside notable events, Louise Penny enjoyed major achievements, including a café opening and a new book release. However, some disappointments arose from missed appearances and underwhelming…
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Ausma Zehanat Khan’s Getty-Khattak Series and A Deadly Divide
Ausma Zehanat Khan is the dizzyingly accomplished author of five novels and a short story featuring the unlikely pairing (in a genuinely innovative take on the trope) of Muslim Canadian senior investigator Esa Khattak and the perceptive and dogged but insecure Rachel Getty. They work together on a unique initiative, a Toronto-based community policing team…
