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1) Talking about detective fiction

Author

James, P. D

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James—one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today—gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.
P. D. James examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens’s Bleak House and...

2) Agatha Christie: the woman and her mysteries

Author

Gill, Gillian

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

3) Snobbery with violence: crime stories and their audience

Author

Watson, Colin

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

[1972]

Physical Desc

256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

4) Murder on the menu

Author

Larmoth, Jeanine

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

1972.

Physical Desc

xv, 268 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

5) Murderess ink

Author

Winn, Dilys

Publisher

Workman Pub

Pub. Date

1979.

Physical Desc

304 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

6) Twelve Englishmen of mystery

Publisher

Bowling Green University Popular Press

Pub. Date

[1984]

Physical Desc

325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

7) The Great detectives

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

[1978]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xvii, 281 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

8) The mystery lover's companion

Author

Bourgeau, Art

Publisher

Crown

Pub. Date

[1986]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

311 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Dorothy L. Sayers, nine literary studies

Author

Hall, Trevor H

Publisher

Archon Books

Pub. Date

1980.

Physical Desc

xi, 132 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

10) Watteau's shepherds: the detective novel in Britain, 1914-1940

Author

Panek, LeRoy

Publisher

Bowling Green University Popular Press

Pub. Date

[1979]

Physical Desc

232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

11) Dick Francis

Author

Barnes, Melvyn P

Series

Recognitions

Publisher

Ungar

Pub. Date

[1986]

Physical Desc

xvi, 184 pages ; 22 cm.

Language

English

12) Bloodhounds of heaven: the detective in English fiction from Godwin to Doyle

Author

Ousby, Ian

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

1976.

Physical Desc

x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

13) P.D. James

Author

Gidez, Richard B

Series

Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 430

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Pub. Date

[1986]

Physical Desc

153 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.

Language

English

14) Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus

Author

Cabell, Craig

Publisher

Metro Pub

Pub. Date

2010.

Physical Desc

xix, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Language

English

15) Son of Gun in cheek

Author

Pronzini, Bill

Publisher

Mysterious Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Physical Desc

x, 229 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

16) Deadlier than the male: why are respectable English women so good at murder?

Author

Mann, Jessica

Publisher

Macmillan

Pub. Date

[1981]

Physical Desc

256 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

17) The life and times of Hercule Poirot

Author

Hart, Anne

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

18) Sherlock Holmes: a centenary celebration

Author

Eyles, Allen

Publisher

Harper & Row

Pub. Date

[1986]

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Physical Desc

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Language

English

19) Dick Francis

Author

Davis, J. Madison

Series

Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 464

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Pub. Date

[1989]

Physical Desc

156 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.

Language

English

20) Agatha Christie

Author

Wagoner, Mary

Series

Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 432

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Pub. Date

[1986]

Physical Desc

162 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 23 cm.

Language

English

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1) Talking about detective fiction

2) Agatha Christie: the woman and her mysteries

3) Snobbery with violence: crime stories and their audience

4) Murder on the menu

5) Murderess ink

6) Twelve Englishmen of mystery

7) The Great detectives

8) The mystery lover's companion

9) Dorothy L. Sayers, nine literary studies

10) Watteau's shepherds: the detective novel in Britain, 1914-1940

11) Dick Francis

12) Bloodhounds of heaven: the detective in English fiction from Godwin to Doyle

13) P.D. James

14) Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus

15) Son of Gun in cheek

16) Deadlier than the male: why are respectable English women so good at murder?

17) The life and times of Hercule Poirot

18) Sherlock Holmes: a centenary celebration

19) Dick Francis

20) Agatha Christie

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