Mystery Detective Fiction category: 469 books
The Figure of the Detective
A Literary History and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge....
The Formulas of Popular Fiction
Elements of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Religious and Mystery Novels
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
This book creates a taxonomy for the major bestselling fictional genres: romance (e.g., authors Heyer, Cartland, Woodiwiss and Roberts), religious and inspirational (Corelli and Douglas), mystery and detective (Conan Doyle, Christie and Mankell), and science fiction, horror and fantasy (Wells, Tolkien,...
by Arthur Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Contents
The Thin Red Line
Blue Blood
The Rome Express
The Passenger from Calais
Mysteries of Police and Crime (1898)
The Rome Express-
A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman,...
After Sherlock Holmes
The Evolution of British and American Detective Stories, 1891-1914
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
The appearance of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine in 1891 began a stampede of writers who wanted to emulate, build upon or even satirize Arthur Conan Doyle’s work. This book explores the development of detective fiction during the critical period between Conan Doyle’s creation of Holmes...
"You Get Tough. You Get Even"
Rape, Anger, Cynicism, and the Vigilante Girl Detective in Veronica Mars
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Drawing from traditions of the teen girl sleuth, the detective of film noir, and contemporary novels of the empowered female detective, the television series Veronica Mars uses rape as a central theme to create a new kind of girl detective—a cynical, wisecracking adolescent heroine. This article originally appeared in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 27, Issue 1.
A STUDY IN SCARLET
The Complete Illustrated Novels of Sherlock Holmes NO 1
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of...
The Great Detective
The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
A rollicking look at popular culture’s most beloved sleuth: “For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating” (The Boston Globe).
Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and...
by
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
The interviews in this collection cover Walter Mosley's career and reveal an overarching theme: a belief in the transformative power of reading and writing. Since the 1990 publication of his first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress, Mosley (b. 1952) has published over thirty books in a tremendous range...
War Noir
Raymond Chandler and the Hard-Boiled Detective as Veteran in American Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The conflation of the hard-boiled style and war experience has influenced many contemporary crime writers, particularly in the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War. Yet, earlier writers in the genre, such as Raymond Chandler, remain overlooked when it comes to examining how their war experience...
Who Is Sherlock?
Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Nearly 130 years after the introduction of Sherlock Holmes to readers, the Great Detective’s identity is being questioned, deconstructed, and reconstructed more than ever. Readers and audiences, not to mention scholars and critics, continue to analyze who Sherlock Holmes is or has become and why...
by Oliver Onions, Berta Ruck (Mrs. Oliver Onions)
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Gahan Wilson ranked Oliver Onions as "one of the best, if not the best, ghost story writers working in the English language," declaring that "Mr. Onions did as much as anyone to move phantoms and other haunts from dark, Gothic dungeons to the very room in which you presently sit."...
The African American Experience in Crime Fiction
A Critical Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
An immensely popular genre, crime fiction has only in recent years been engaged significantly by African American authors. Historically, the racist stereotypes often central to crime fiction and the socially conservative nature of the genre presented problems for writing the black experience, and...
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton
A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life’s great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis...
The Sherlock Holmes Handbook
The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Full of fascinating how-to skills and evocative illustrations, this must-have guide will appeal to Baker Street Irregulars of all ages.
This reader’s companion to the casework of Sherlock Holmes explores the methodology of the world’s most famous consulting detective. From analyzing fingerprints...