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 575
... published short story , " The Specialty of the House , " appeared in 1948 in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Ellery Queen Award for the best first story of that year . Also in 1948 , Simon and Schuster published his first ...
... published short story , " The Specialty of the House , " appeared in 1948 in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Ellery Queen Award for the best first story of that year . Also in 1948 , Simon and Schuster published his first ...
Page 668
... published book , Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman ( 1898 ) . Little is known of the next ten years of Freeman's life . After a long period of convalescence , he eventually gave up medicine and turned to literature for his ...
... published book , Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman ( 1898 ) . Little is known of the next ten years of Freeman's life . After a long period of convalescence , he eventually gave up medicine and turned to literature for his ...
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... published his first mystery , Known Homosexual ( 1968 ) , a forerunner of the Brandstetter mysteries . In 1969 , Harper and Row contracted to publish the first Dave Brandstetter mys- tery , Fadeout , which appeared in 1970. All told ...
... published his first mystery , Known Homosexual ( 1968 ) , a forerunner of the Brandstetter mysteries . In 1969 , Harper and Row contracted to publish the first Dave Brandstetter mys- tery , Fadeout , which appeared in 1970. All told ...
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