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Women of Mystery

Author : Martha Hailey DuBose
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 0312276559
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Women of Mystery written by Martha Hailey DuBose and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2000-12-11 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book, Martha Hailey DuBose has given those multitudes of readers who love the mystery novel an indispensable addition to their libraries. Unlike other works on the subject, Women of Mystery is not merely a directory of the novelists and their publications with a few biographical details. DuBose combines extensive research into the lives of significant women mystery writers from Anna Katherine Green and Mary Roberts Rinehart with critical essays on their work, anecdotes, contemporary reviews and opinions and some of the women's own comments. She takes us through the Golden Age of the British women mystery writers, Christie, Sayers, Marsh, Allingham and Tey, to the leading crime novelists of today, focused on the women who have become legends of the genre. And though she laments, "so many mysteries, so little time," she makes a good effort a mentioning "some of the best of the rest." When DuBose writes of the lives of her principal players, she relates them to their times, their families, their personal situations and above all to their books. She subtly points out that Sayers, whose experience with the men in her life was inevitably disastrous, created in Lord Peter the ideal lover -- one who is all that a woman desires and needs. DuBose gives us the curriculum vitae that Dorothy Sayers created to help her bring Peter Wimsey to a virtual actuality. Ngaio Marsh would give up an active presence in the theatrical world she loved, but she recreated it for herself as well as her readers in many of her novels. The biographies of these woman are as engrossing as the stories they wrote, and Martha DuBose has shined a different, intimate and intriguing light on them, their works, and the lives that informed those works. This book is so full of treasure it's hard to see how any mystery enthusiast will be able to do without it. And what a gift it would make for anyone on your list who has been heard to announce "I love a mystery." Some of the treats inside: In the Beginning: The Mothers of Detection Anna Katherine Green Mary Roberts Rinehart A Golden Era: The Genteel Puzzlers Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers Ngaio Marsh Margery Allingham Josephine Tey Modern Motives: Mysteries of the Murderous Mind Patricia Highsmith P.D. James Ruth Rendell Mary Higgins Clark Sue Grafton and more!!

The Armchair Detective

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Armchair Detective written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

And Then There Were Nine-- More Women of Mystery

Author : Jane S. Bakerman
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879723194
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book And Then There Were Nine-- More Women of Mystery written by Jane S. Bakerman and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the formulas of crime fiction, this collection ranges from writers Daphne du Maurier and Margery Allingham, whose names are synonymous with conventional subgenres of crime fiction, through Patricia Highsmith, and Shirley Jackson, who deliberately set conventions aside or who moved those conventions into other realms. Most important, perhaps, Jackson, Highsmith and E. X. Ferrars depict civilizations that are not essentially orderly, that are not founded upon a commonly understood concept of justice where one must make her own order."

Cops and Constables

Author : Earl F. Bargainnier
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879723347
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Cops and Constables written by Earl F. Bargainnier and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In both British and American detective fiction the police detective has emerged as a fictional protagonist. However, the American policemen have not achieved the prominence of their British counterparts. The thirteen essays in this volume indicate some of the principle elements which appear again and again in both British and American police procedurals.

Case Pending

Author : Dell Shannon
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728219175
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Case Pending written by Dell Shannon and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another murder, another unanswered question. And Detective Mendoza hates to leave things undone. Hers was the kind of casual homicide that occurred every week in a city like Los Angeles in the sixties. Beaten, robbed, and left in an abandoned lot, Elena Ramirez's death was like many others... in fact, nearly identical to a murder that happened six months earlier—a case that Detective Luis Mendoza was never able to solve. The detective isn't a fan of puzzles but knows one when he sees it. He puts two and two together—these vicious murders must have been committed by the same deranged individual—and leads the charge into a case that is astounding in its complexity. Along with the begrudging help of Detective-Sergeant Hackett, Mendoza must separate the many twisted threads of this crime—from murder to black-market adoption and extortion. Considered the "queen of the police procedural," Dell Shannon offers a glimpse into the world of police-work before the aid of forensics or technology. An Edgar Award finalist in 1961, Case Pending introduces the Mexican American Detective Mendoza, a dynamic character who will stop at nothing to find answers, working in a Los Angeles that had not forgotten the 1943 "zoot suit" riots targeting young Chicanos.

The Woman Detective

Author : Kathleen Gregory Klein
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252064630
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book The Woman Detective written by Kathleen Gregory Klein and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994.

Essays in Honor of Enrique García Díez

Author : Antonia Sánchez Macarro
Publisher : Universitat de València
ISBN 13 : 9788437007861
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Honor of Enrique García Díez written by Antonia Sánchez Macarro and published by Universitat de València. This book was released on 1991 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All great novels are critical novels (that is to say, experimental novels) wich, under the pretense of telling a story, of bringing characters to life, of interpreting situations, slide under our eyes the mirage of a tangible form.

John Dickson Carr

Author : S. T. Joshi
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879724771
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book John Dickson Carr written by S. T. Joshi and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dickson Carr is known as the master of the “locked-room” mystery—the “impossible crime.” But Carr also wrote short stories, radio plays, essays, introductions, and book reviews. S. T. Joshi has written the first full-length study of Carr’s entire work and pays particular attention to this author’s three best-known detectives: Henri Bencolin, Dr. Gideon Fell, and Sir Henry Merrivale.

A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler

Author : Toby Widdicombe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313016526
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler written by Toby Widdicombe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of such works as The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Lady in the Lake (1943), and The Long Goodbye (1953), Raymond Chandler was one of the most popular mystery writers of his time. His works continue to be read today and have been adapted many times into films. Chandler's writings have also been receiving growing amounts of scholarly attention, and while most of this attention has focused on his use of language, critics are now studying the fictitious world he created and the milieu in which he wrote. This reference is a detailed guide to his writings. A chronology and brief biography overview the chief events in his life and career, with the biography discussing thematic patterns in his life and writings. The major section of the book, Chandler's World, describes the characters and places in his 7 novels and 25 short stories. Alphabetically arranged entries also provide summaries of his works, along with discussions of key topics. The entries are concise and informative and thus readily guide the reader through Chandler's complex universe. Appendices provide information about adaptations of his works, along with extensive listings of primary and secondary sources for additional consultation.

Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction

Author : Frank Northen Magill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction written by Frank Northen Magill and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents critical studies of more than 290 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

Son of Gun in Cheek

Author : Bill Pronzini
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486817989
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Son of Gun in Cheek written by Bill Pronzini and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow-up to the Edgar Award-nominated Gun in Cheek further celebrates neglected classics of substandard mystery writing, uncovering even more twisted treasures for connoisseurs of hideous prose.

Literaturimport transatlantisch

Author : Uwe Baumann
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783823340911
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Literaturimport transatlantisch written by Uwe Baumann and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of Bibliography

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Studies

Author : Jack Salzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521266871
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book American Studies written by Jack Salzman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-08-29 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major three-volume bibliography, including an additional supplement, of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1900 and 1988.

Chinese Justice, the Fiction

Author : Jeffrey C. Kinkley
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804739764
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Justice, the Fiction written by Jeffrey C. Kinkley and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a full-length study of Chinese crime fiction in all eras: ancient, modern, and contemporary. It is also the first book to apply legal scholars law and literature inquiry to the rich field of Chinese legal and literary culture.

Murder Most Poetic

Author : Mary S. Weinkauf
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0893702978
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Murder Most Poetic written by Mary S. Weinkauf and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Weinkauf provides a complete overview of Ngaio Marsh's crime novels, from her beginnings in 1934 to her final book, "Light Thickens," published posthumously in 1982.

Mysteries Unlocked

Author : Curtis Evans
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476616086
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Mysteries Unlocked written by Curtis Evans and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Douglas G. Greene, mystery genre scholar and publisher, this book offers 24 new essays and two reprinted classics on detective fiction by contributors around the world, including ten Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) winners and nominees. The essays cover a myriad of authors and books from more than a century, from J.S. Fletcher’s The Investigators, originally serialized in 1901, to P.D. James’ Death Comes to Pemberley, published at the end of 2011. Subjects covered include detective fiction in the Edwardian era and the “Golden Age” between the two world wars; hard-boiled detective fiction; mysteries and intellectuals; and pastiches, short stories and radio plays.