Scene of the crime

By David Geherin

Subjects: American fiction, history and criticism, English Detective and mystery stories, Place (philosophy) in literature, History and criticism, English fiction, Popular literature, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, American Detective and mystery stories, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Popular literature, history and criticism, American fiction, Place (Philosophy) in literature

Description: "Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. After an introductory chapter dealing with general consideration of place in fiction, subsequent chapters consider the works of recent mystery writers for whom setting greatly contributes to overall literary style"--Provided by publisher.