The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
by Rosemary Herbert, Catherine Aird, John M. Reilly
Detective and mystery storiesEncyclopediasCrime in literatureMystery fictionDetective and mystery stories, dictionariesRoman policierEncyclopediesCriminalite? dans la litterature
"Entertaining and authoritative, this alphabetically arranged companion is an indispensable reference guide to crime and mystery writing. Unique in its biographical and critical treatment of major detective writers, it is a comprehensive digest to the genre's lexicon, characters, themes, time periods, milieus, and curiosities." --"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
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