Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like ...
Author: Scaggs, John Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime f...
Author: Hodapp, Christopher Publisher: Ulysses Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol promises the same excitement, mystery, and intrigue of his last international bestseller. It's also guaranteed to create high levels of interest in the secret organizations...
Author: N/A Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."—Brian McHale, West Virginia University
Description: Synopsis: Diary of an Insane Woman is a fictional novel that was inspired by the death of JonBenèt Ramsay. Fifteen years ago, Christmas Eve of 1996, this lovely Mini- Miss was murdered in her own hom...
Author: Thompson, George J. Publisher: Vince Emery Productions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Previously only available serialized over seven issues of The Armchair Detective magazine, this examination is the single most influential book-length analysis of Dashiell Hammett's novels. Spanning a...
Author: Madden, David Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: James M. Cain wrote some of the most gritty novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled M...
Author: Herron, Don Publisher: Vince Emery Productions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Expanded and revised, this 30th-anniversary edition guides readers over the fog-shrouded hills stalked by Sam Spade, the Continental Op, and other legendary characters created by San Francisco's most ...
Description: Ryan and Regan Resnick have just moved to the world's most boring place. But when they discover their parents are part of an ultra-secret project called Prometheus they are plunged into a nonstop adve...
Author: McDonald, Craig Publisher: Adams Media Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: James Ellroy, Dan Brown, Ian Rankin, George Pelacanoes, Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson . . . the roster of writers interviewed in these pages includes those who have won Edgar, Shamus, An...
Author: N/A Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: 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 nov...
Author: Mizejewski, Linda Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Can a gumshoe wear high heels? In a genre long dominated by men, women are now taking their place-as authors and as characters-alongside hardboiled legends like Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. "Hardboiled ...
Author: Spicer, Andrew Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Film noirâliterally "black cinema"âis the label customarily given to a group of black and white American films, mostly crime thrillers, made between 1940 and 1959. Today there is considerabl...
