The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing
by Rosemary Herbert, Catherine Aird, and John M. Reilly
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"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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The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing
1999, Oxford University Press
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0195072391 9780195072396
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"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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