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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... mystery fiction . Faulkner read and admired the detective novel and wrote his first detective story , " Smoke , ” in 1930 . His story " An Error in Chemistry " won second place in the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine contest in 1946. At ...
... mystery fiction . Faulkner read and admired the detective novel and wrote his first detective story , " Smoke , ” in 1930 . His story " An Error in Chemistry " won second place in the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine contest in 1946. At ...
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... Detective - Crime - Mystery Fiction as a cornerstone selection . Fletcher's fluent style , realistic urban setting , and unusually complex puzzle offered jaded mystery - readers a fresh approach to the genre ; these qualities also ...
... Detective - Crime - Mystery Fiction as a cornerstone selection . Fletcher's fluent style , realistic urban setting , and unusually complex puzzle offered jaded mystery - readers a fresh approach to the genre ; these qualities also ...
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... mystery fiction . In the stories in The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange ( 1915 ) , her work includes recovering some missing diamonds , determining the nature of a mysterious shooting ... Mystery and Detective Fiction.
... mystery fiction . In the stories in The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange ( 1915 ) , her work includes recovering some missing diamonds , determining the nature of a mysterious shooting ... Mystery and Detective Fiction.
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