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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... detective stories . It was not until 1940 , when she was sixty - two , however , that her first novel , Unexpected Night , was pub- lished . Fifteen more novels featuring the amateur sleuth Henry Gamadge and one novel of manners , The ...
... detective stories . It was not until 1940 , when she was sixty - two , however , that her first novel , Unexpected Night , was pub- lished . Fifteen more novels featuring the amateur sleuth Henry Gamadge and one novel of manners , The ...
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... Amateur sleuth ; private investigator Principal series The Sid Halley series , 1965-1979 ; the Kit Fielding series ... sleuth , first to help his sister and then to help the owner of the horses he rides . Contribution Dick Francis ...
... Amateur sleuth ; private investigator Principal series The Sid Halley series , 1965-1979 ; the Kit Fielding series ... sleuth , first to help his sister and then to help the owner of the horses he rides . Contribution Dick Francis ...
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... Amateur sleuth ; police procedural ; psychological Principal series The Richard Jury / Melrose Plant series , 1981- Principal series characters DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD JURY , of Scotland Yard , without calculating ambition ...
... Amateur sleuth ; police procedural ; psychological Principal series The Richard Jury / Melrose Plant series , 1981- Principal series characters DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD JURY , of Scotland Yard , without calculating ambition ...
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