TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herbert,Rosemary
TI  - The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing
SN  - 0195072391 (alk. paper)
AV  - PN3448.D4 H37 1999
U1  - 809.387203/Ox22 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Detective and mystery stories
KW  - Encyclopedias
KW  - Crime in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; CAS
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/99021182-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/99021182-b.html
ER  -