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 602
... never unreservedly hostile and her problems as a divorcée are candidly mentioned , she never seriously entertains the thought of reuniting with him . She is no romantic cut - out , but a realistically conceived person whose person ...
... never unreservedly hostile and her problems as a divorcée are candidly mentioned , she never seriously entertains the thought of reuniting with him . She is no romantic cut - out , but a realistically conceived person whose person ...
Page 608
... never the major theme . Humor is not abandoned in the police procedural works . Da Silva is paired with a somewhat mysterious figure , Wilson , an American agent of considerable ability . His intelligence sources are never revealed ...
... never the major theme . Humor is not abandoned in the police procedural works . Da Silva is paired with a somewhat mysterious figure , Wilson , an American agent of considerable ability . His intelligence sources are never revealed ...
Page 875
... never cruel , never cutting . The absurd old ladies in their white supremacist madness in Child's Play are duped but never despised by young Lexie Huby . Their foibles are mocked , but never maliciously , in the novel . Dalziel's ...
... never cruel , never cutting . The absurd old ladies in their white supremacist madness in Child's Play are duped but never despised by young Lexie Huby . Their foibles are mocked , but never maliciously , in the novel . Dalziel's ...
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