| Description |
xi, 218 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Death deferred: the long life, splendid afterlife and mysterious workings of Agatha Christie / David I. Grossvogel -- Dorothy L. Sayers: mystery and demystification / Bruce Merry -- Rereading Ngaio Marsh / Allan J. Dooley and Linda J. Dooley -- Dashiell Hammett and the poetics of hard-boiled detection / James Naremore -- A knock at the backdoor of art: the entrance of Raymond Chandler / Leon Arden -- P.D. James / Bruce Harkness -- How unlike the home life of our dear queen: the detective fiction of Peter Lovesey / James Hurt -- The Van der Valk novels of Nicolas Freeling: going by the book / Carol Shloss -- Simenon and 'Le Commissaire' / Pierre Weisz -- The education of Martin Beck / Bernard Benstock. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
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Crime in literature.
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| Added Author |
Benstock, Bernard.
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| ISBN |
0312053967: $25.00 (est.) |
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