Crime fiction frequently takes the real and imaginary geography of islands as its setting and subject. Through a reading of selected novels by Anne Zouroudi, Jeffrey Siger, and Paul Johnston, this article looks at ways in which ideas about ‘islandness’ operate in contemporary English-language crime fiction set in the Aegean Sea. Specifically, it uses geocriticism and spatial literary studies to explore the ways non-textual paratext—in particular covers and maps—work alongside a text, or narrative, to capitalize on the lure of islands.

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孤岛之海，犯罪之海：爱琴海的岛屿犯罪小说

犯罪小说经常以岛屿的真实和虚构地理为背景和主题。通过阅读安妮·祖鲁迪（Anne Zouroudi），杰弗里·西格（Jeffrey Siger）和保罗·约翰斯顿（Paul Johnston）的精选小说，本文探讨了在爱琴海设定的当代英语犯罪小说中有关“岛”的观念的运作方式。具体来说，它使用地理批判和空间文学研究来探索非文本的超文本（尤其是封面和地图）与文本或叙述一起工作以利用岛屿的诱惑的方式。