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THE CRIME AND MYSTERY BOOK
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| By: |
Ian Ousby |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500279780 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500279786 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1997 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
A guide to the world of detective fiction, analysing classic puzzles, celebrating women private eyes, revealing the afterlife of popular characters and providing a 'ten commandments' for 1920s style detective stories. A dictionary of slang terms, gazeteer of where private eyes are and a world round up of current novels are also provided. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a history of the development of detective fiction with illustrations of favourite scenes, characters and international editions of the books. Throughout, special features add enlightenment, classic puzzles are analyzed and women private eyes are celebrated. The afterlife of popular characters is revealed and the "Ten Commandments" for the detective story 1920s-style are defined. Bean-shooters, gats, heats, heaters, rods and roscoes are all explained in the dictionary. A world round-up of current crime novels testifies to the continuing appeal of the genre in its many forms. |
| Illustrations: |
200 colour and duotone illustrations, further reading list |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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