Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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... Maybridge series , 1980-1985 . Principal series characters DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR TOM MAYBRIDGE is married to MEG , an English ex- pert in Restoration prose . They have one grown son , whose name is not given . Maybridge is described ...
... Maybridge series , 1980-1985 . Principal series characters DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR TOM MAYBRIDGE is married to MEG , an English ex- pert in Restoration prose . They have one grown son , whose name is not given . Maybridge is described ...
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... Maybridge are Suspect ( published in England as Victims ) and Seminar for Murder . Both are tightly written , well - paced police procedurals with a conventionally crafted whodunit de- nouement . Yet Gill's compassion for her characters ...
... Maybridge are Suspect ( published in England as Victims ) and Seminar for Murder . Both are tightly written , well - paced police procedurals with a conventionally crafted whodunit de- nouement . Yet Gill's compassion for her characters ...
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... Maybridge accepts an invitation to lecture to a group of eminent mystery writers at the annual Golden Guillotine awards banquet . With his life in America lecturing on Restoration prose , Maybridge feels compelled to dem- onstrate his ...
... Maybridge accepts an invitation to lecture to a group of eminent mystery writers at the annual Golden Guillotine awards banquet . With his life in America lecturing on Restoration prose , Maybridge feels compelled to dem- onstrate his ...
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