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 500
... victims , suspects , and criminals are employed by the university , examination syndicates , publishing firms , and ... victim of the first in a series of murders is deliberately misiden- tified by witnesses who are actually accomplices ...
... victims , suspects , and criminals are employed by the university , examination syndicates , publishing firms , and ... victim of the first in a series of murders is deliberately misiden- tified by witnesses who are actually accomplices ...
Page 525
... victim in a murder mystery is reduced to the status of a deserving victim . Dostoevski highlights this point ; his murderer establishes philosophical grounds for murdering a loath- some person . In a letter to his publisher , Dostoevski ...
... victim in a murder mystery is reduced to the status of a deserving victim . Dostoevski highlights this point ; his murderer establishes philosophical grounds for murdering a loath- some person . In a letter to his publisher , Dostoevski ...
Page 740
... victim's beauty and the glory of the clear August night . The book's closing line , " Paul accepted , " depicts the victim's father as he learns to live with his bereavement and to appreciate the innocent pleasure of a golden autumnal ...
... victim's beauty and the glory of the clear August night . The book's closing line , " Paul accepted , " depicts the victim's father as he learns to live with his bereavement and to appreciate the innocent pleasure of a golden autumnal ...
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