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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Page 698
... series surprised Gardner , it is unlikely that it disturbed him very much . Some critics did like the Bond books , and numerous readers did also . Without a doubt , the Bond series has brought Gardner much commercial success . Principal ...
... series surprised Gardner , it is unlikely that it disturbed him very much . Some critics did like the Bond books , and numerous readers did also . Without a doubt , the Bond series has brought Gardner much commercial success . Principal ...
Page 715
... detective stories for seventeen years ; in 1980 , he resumed the Callahan series . In these later novels , Callahan and Jan are married , his financial problems having been solved by means of an inheritance . They both are retired and ...
... detective stories for seventeen years ; in 1980 , he resumed the Callahan series . In these later novels , Callahan and Jan are married , his financial problems having been solved by means of an inheritance . They both are retired and ...
Page 721
... series . Alternating between plots , both major and secondary , was a Gibson trademark . Not until the second novelette , The Eyes of the Shadow , does the reader meet Cranston and suspect that he and The Shadow share identities . When ...
... series . Alternating between plots , both major and secondary , was a Gibson trademark . Not until the second novelette , The Eyes of the Shadow , does the reader meet Cranston and suspect that he and The Shadow share identities . When ...
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