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Detective Fiction
Charles J. Rzepka
Paperback - $51.95
Detective Fiction is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood, characters and texts of the modern day. Charles J. Rzepka traces the history of the genre from its modern beginnings in the early eighteenth century, wi ...
The James Sallis Reader
James Sallis
Paperback - $33.95
The POINT BLANK READER series is dedicated to introducing you to the finest novelists in the mystery and crime fiction genres in carefully selected volumes that each include a full length novel, selected shorter fiction and other writings by the auth ...
Sherlock Holmes by Gas Lamp : Highlights from the First Four Decades of the Baker Street Journal
Philip A. Shreffler
Hardcover - $57.95
Hard-Boiled PB
Erin A. Smith
Paperback - $51.95
In the 1920s a distinctively American detective fiction emerged from the pages of pulp magazines. The "hard-boiled" stories published in Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Clues featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged t ...
A Dick Francis Companion : Characters, Horses, Plots, Settings and Themes
Stephen Sugden
Paperback - $75.95
This exhaustive reference work examines the complete fictional works of Dick Francis, a former steeplechase jockey to Queen Elizabeth and accomplished British novelist. As of 2006, Francis has written one volume of collected short stories and 38 nove ...
Bloody Murder : From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel
Julian Symons
Hardcover - $56.95
In celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year, here is the third and final revised edition of his classic history of mystery fiction. The views expressed here are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable ...
Hammett's Moral Vision : The Most Influential Full-Length Investigation of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, the Dain Curse, the Maltese F
George J. Thompson
Hardcover - $39.95
Previously only available serialized over seven issues of "The Armchair Detective" magazine, this examination is the single most influential book-length analysis of Dashiell Hammett's novels. Spanning all sections of his career, the book discusses fi ...
Thurber on Crime
James Thurber
Hardcover - $47.95
One of the greatest American humorists of our century, Thurber was not a man to shrink from danger--as long as he was safely ensconced behind his typewriter or drawing board. Here is a collection of ruminations on everyday villainy--stories, articles ...