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In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James—one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction—gives us a personal, lively, illuminati
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Pages: 298
Authors: Charles J. Rzepka
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'Detective Fiction' is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood characters and texts of the modern day. Undergraduate student
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Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Robin Stevens
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-04 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in thi
Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: M. Cook
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The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story ha
Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge
Language: en
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Authors: Antoine Dechêne
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This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts p