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Agatha Christie
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Mark Campbell |
Since her debut in 1920 with The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie has become the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular charact… |
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The boy detectives
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Michael G. Cornelius |
"This collection of eleven essays examines the boy detective and his genre, addressing the issues of these characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop rom… |
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Differences, deceits, and desires
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Mirna Cicioni |
"Italian crime fiction (known as gialli in Italy) has developed from a popular genre to a fully-fledged literary genre; and in the past thirty years it has gradually become the focus of growing inter… |
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Holy Clues
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Stephen Kendrick |
If God is the greatest mystery of them all, then why not, in pursuit of God, consult the greatest detective of them all? In this imaginative and surprisingly profound book, Stephen Kendrick reveals S… |
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Garlic, mint & sweet basil
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Jean-Claude Izzo |
107 p. ; 21 cm |
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Dashiell Hammett
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Sally Cline |
"Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. In five novels published over five years as well as a string of stories, he transformed the mystery genre into literature and left us with the fig… |
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The great detective
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Zach Dundas |
For longtime Conan Doyle fans as well as readers just discovering Sherlock Holmes, a wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sl… |
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Being Cool
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Charles J. Rzepka |
Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard had a special knack for creating "cool" characters. In Being Cool, Charles J. Rzepka … |
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
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Vincent Starrett |
This work has long been out of print. In fact, those few copies found in the last decade have often brought prices usually attached to rare books and curiosa. The original edition was first published… |
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Scene of the crime
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David Geherin |
"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 conside… |
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The dime detectives
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Ron Goulart |
248 p., [16] p. of plates : 22 cm |
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