Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection

Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
Title Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection PDF eBook
Author Chris Steinbrunner
Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies
Pages 456
Release 1976
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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Encyclopedia Mysteriosa

Encyclopedia Mysteriosa
Title Encyclopedia Mysteriosa PDF eBook
Author William L. DeAndrea
Publisher MacMillan Publishing Company
Pages 420
Release 1997
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780028616780

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For every would-be sleuth and armchair detective, Encyclopedia Mysteriosa is the complete reference to the entire genre of murder and mayhem.

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
Title The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery PDF eBook
Author B. Murphy
Publisher Springer
Pages 553
Release 1999-12-09
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0230107354

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Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
Title The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators PDF eBook
Author Martin Edwards
Publisher HarperCollins UK
Pages 977
Release 2022-05-26
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0008192456

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Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards. ‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’ The Times

Encyclopedia of mystery and detection

Encyclopedia of mystery and detection
Title Encyclopedia of mystery and detection PDF eBook
Author Otto Penzler
Publisher
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Release 1973
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Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries

Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
Title Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries PDF eBook
Author Otto Penzler
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2022-07-26
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1613163282

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Fourteen impossible crimes from the American masters of the form For devotees of the Golden Age mystery, the impossible crime story represents the period’s purest form: it presents the reader with a baffling scenario (a corpse discovered in a windowless room locked from the inside, perhaps), lays out a set of increasingly confounding clues, and swiftly delivers an ingenious and satisfying solution. During the years between the two world wars, the best writers in the genre strove to outdo one another with unfathomable crime scenes and brilliant explanations, and the puzzling and clever tales they produced in those brief decades remain unmatched to this day. Among the Americans, some of these authors are still household names, inextricably linked to the locked room mysteries they devised: John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Clayton Rawson, Stuart Palmer. Others, associated with different styles of crime fiction, also produced great works—authors including Fredric Brown, MacKinlay Kantor, Craig Rice, and Cornell Woolrich. All of these and more can be found in Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries, selected by Edgar Award-winning mystery expert and anthologist Otto Penzler. Featuring a delightful mix of well-known writers and unjustly-forgotten masters, the fourteen tales included herein highlight the best of the American impossible crime story, promising hours of entertainment for armchair sleuths young and old.

Golden Age Detective Stories

Golden Age Detective Stories
Title Golden Age Detective Stories PDF eBook
Author Otto Penzler
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2021-07-13
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1613162154

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The greatest detectives of the Golden Age investigate the most puzzling crimes of the era Sometimes, the police aren’t the best suited to solve a crime. Depending on the case, you may find that a retired magician, a schoolteacher, a Broadway producer, or a nun have the necessary skills to suss out a killer. Or, in other cases, a blind veteran, or a publisher, or a hard-drinking attorney, or a mostly-sober attorney… or, indeed, any sort of detective you could think of might be able to best the professionals when it comes to comprehending strange and puzzling murders. At least, that’s what the authors from the Golden Age of American mystery fiction would have you think. For decades in the middle of the twentieth century, the country’s best-selling authors produced delightful tales in which all types of eccentrics used rarified knowledge to interpret confounding clues. And for even longer, in the decades that have followed, these characters have continued to entertain new audiences with every new generation that discovers them. Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler selects some of the greatest American short stories from era. With authors including Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Anthony Boucher, this collection is a treat for those who know and love this celebrated period in literary history, and a great introduction to its best writers for the uninitiated. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.