Technology, Science, and Crime Fiction

Categories: Crime | Fiction | Research

Advances in science and technology continue to shape the way crimes are committed and solved. In this session, authors discuss how scientific discoveries, forensic techniques, and questions of bioethics influence modern crime fiction and the stories they choose to tell.

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