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Review Section Review Section Marion W. Copeland 1 “Critter Crusaders”: Wildlife Mystery Thriller Series Wildlife mystery thriller series, a new category, brings animals in the wild into the foreground of the by-now venerable mystery genre. 2 As Jes- sica Speart, credited with creating the category, 3 points out, The endangered species trade actually does include the very elements required of any good mystery—intrigue, murder, suspense, back-stabbing, and greed. . . . U. S. Fish and Wildlife special agents are trained detectives, only instead of inves- tigating the murder of humans, they unravel crimes perpetrated against wild- life [like Hook the alligator, a murder victim in Speart’s first mystery Gator Aide (1987)]. (Mehl, 2000, n.p.) Although wildlife mystery thrillers share many attributes of traditional mysteries, there also are differences. Traditional mysteries seldom feature investigators dedicated to protecting wild animals Society & Animals 12:2 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 S&A_Art.299_159-178 7/9/2004 5:01PM Page 159 and their habitats from criminals, seldom give prominence to wild animal characters, and seldom focus on wildlife issues. Although Judith van Gieson’s Neil Hammer series, launched in 1988, should be credited with popularizing the investigation of wildlife issues in the mys- tery, 4 I hesitate to give http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Society & Animals Brill

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Copeland, Marion
Society & Animals , Volume 12 (2): 159 – Jan 1, 2004
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Review Section Marion W. Copeland 1 “Critter Crusaders”: Wildlife Mystery Thriller Series Wildlife mystery thriller series, a new category, brings animals in the wild into the foreground of the by-now venerable mystery genre. 2 As Jes- sica Speart, credited with creating the category, 3 points out, The endangered species trade actually does include the very elements required of any good mystery—intrigue, murder, suspense, back-stabbing, and greed. . . . U. S. Fish and Wildlife special agents are trained detectives, only instead of inves- tigating the murder of humans, they unravel crimes perpetrated against wild- life [like Hook the alligator, a murder victim in Speart’s first mystery Gator Aide (1987)]. (Mehl, 2000, n.p.) Although wildlife mystery thrillers share many attributes of traditional mysteries, there also are differences. Traditional mysteries seldom feature investigators dedicated to protecting wild animals Society & Animals 12:2 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 S&A_Art.299_159-178 7/9/2004 5:01PM Page 159 and their habitats from criminals, seldom give prominence to wild animal characters, and seldom focus on wildlife issues. Although Judith van Gieson’s Neil Hammer series, launched in 1988, should be credited with popularizing the investigation of wildlife issues in the mys- tery, 4 I hesitate to give

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