Crime Fiction A Reader s Guide

Crime Fiction  A Reader s Guide
Author: Barry Forshaw
Publsiher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2020-01-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780857303363

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Are you a lover of crime fiction looking for new discoveries or hoping to rediscover old favourites? Then look no further. There are few contemporary crime fiction guides that cover everything from the golden age to current bestselling writers from America, Britain and all across the world, but the award-winning Barry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts in the field, has provided a truly comprehensive survey with definitive coverage in this expanded new edition of the much admired Rough Guide to Crime Fiction. Every major writer is included, along with many other more esoteric choices. Focusing on a key book (or books) by each writer, and with essays on key crime genres, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide (with a foreword by Ian Rankin) is designed to be both a crime fan's shopping list and a pithy, opinionated but unstuffy reference tool and history. Most judgements are generous (though not uncritical), and there is a host of entertaining, informed entries on related films and TV. 'Most comprehensive, accessible and readable guides to noir crime fiction' - Times 'An essential volume for the crime and thriller aficionado' - Shots Magazine 'Exemplary tour of the crime landscape... supremely readable' - Independent

A Beginner s Guide to Murder

A Beginner   s Guide to Murder
Author: Rosalind Stopps
Publsiher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-07-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780008302634

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The brand-new book from a powerful literary voice, author of The Stranger She Knew, shortlisted for the Paul Torday Prize.

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Author: Barry Forshaw
Publsiher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2007-07-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781405383875

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The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams ...all the evidence that counts

Being A Detective An A z Readers And Writers Guide To Detective Work

Being A Detective  An A z Readers  And Writers  Guide To Detective Work
Author: Stephen Wade,Stuart Gibbon
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-03-25
Genre: Crime writing
ISBN: 1847168892

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A Straightforward Guide to Being a Detective An A-Z Readers' and Writers' Guide to Detective Work Past and Present is an essential research companion for all writers of crime fiction and non-fiction. In all genres of popular crime writing today, detective characters figure prominently. What is the life of a detective actually like? What was it like in 1890 or 1990? Former detective Stuart Gibbon and crime historian Stephen Wade answer these questions in this new companion guide. This new volume provides an ideal companion volume to the authors' previous book, The Crime Writer's Casebook.

The Readers Advisory Guide to Mystery

The Readers  Advisory Guide to Mystery
Author: John Charles,Candace Clark,Joanne Hamilton-Selway,Joanna Morrison
Publsiher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780838911136

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Revision of: The mystery readers' advisory: the librarian's clues to murder and mayhem / John Charles, Joanna Morrison, [and] Candace Clark. -- Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.

A Catalogue of Crime

A Catalogue of Crime
Author: Jacques Barzun,Wendell Hertig Taylor
Publsiher: New York : Harper & Row
Total Pages: 874
Release: 1971
Genre: Reference
ISBN: UOM:39015015218806

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"This work includes over 5,000 mystery titles briefly noted, each in about one paragraph. Alphabetically arranged by author and title, each entry has a short comment offering a description of the work." --From online review.

The Crime Fiction Handbook

The Crime Fiction Handbook
Author: Peter Messent
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781118326541

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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions

The Readers Advisory Guide to Mystery

The Readers  Advisory Guide to Mystery
Author: John Charles,Candace Clark,Joanne Hamilton-Selway,Joanna Morrison
Publsiher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838993910

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With several well-chosen booklists, practical programming ideas, and a brand new compendium of print and web-based resources, your only crime would be not adding this guide to your collection!