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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... Thriller ; historical ; police procedural Contribution Lionel Davidson's novels are well - crafted thrillers which vary in setting , point of view , and theme . Davidson skillfully depicts scenes in London , Israel , Germany , and ...
... Thriller ; historical ; police procedural Contribution Lionel Davidson's novels are well - crafted thrillers which vary in setting , point of view , and theme . Davidson skillfully depicts scenes in London , Israel , Germany , and ...
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... Thriller ; inverted Contribution Winston Graham is best known as the author of the Poldark saga , a series of historical novels about an eighteenth century Cornwall family . Seven of these books were dramatized for a British ...
... Thriller ; inverted Contribution Winston Graham is best known as the author of the Poldark saga , a series of historical novels about an eighteenth century Cornwall family . Seven of these books were dramatized for a British ...
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... thriller to fashion the story's language in a way which mirrors the moral and emotional characteristics of the protagonist . It can be as shallow as the style used by Ian Fleming or as rich and complex as those of Raymond Chandler and ...
... thriller to fashion the story's language in a way which mirrors the moral and emotional characteristics of the protagonist . It can be as shallow as the style used by Ian Fleming or as rich and complex as those of Raymond Chandler and ...
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