Herbert, Rosemary. <br/><br/>
The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing / 
editor in chief, Rosemary Herbert ; editors, Catherine Aird, John M. Reilly. 
 - xxiii, 535 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195072391 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99021182  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories--Encyclopedias.<br/>Crime in literature--Encyclopedias.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3448.D4  / H37 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.387203/Ox22