The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing / editor in chief, Rosemary Herbert ; editors, Catherine Aird, John M. Reilly.
New York : Oxford University Press, ©1999Description: xxiii, 535 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- 0195072391 (alk. paper)
- 23 809.387203/Ox22
- PN3448.D4 H37 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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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