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Traces the evolution of crime fiction from Poe's earliest detective stories and Collins' mysterious thrillers.
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Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel
1992, Mysterious Press
in English
- 3rd rev. ed.
0892964960 9780892964963
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Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
1985, Penguin, Penguin Books, Brand: Penguin Books
in English
- Rev. and updated ed.
0140072632 9780140072631
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Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
1985, Viking
in English
0670800961 9780670800964
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Mortal Consequences a History from the Detective S
June 1973, Schocken Books
Paperback
0805204040 9780805204049
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Mortal consequences: a history from the detective story to the crime novel.
1972, Harper & Row
in English
- [1st U.S. ed.]
0060141875 9780060141875
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Previous ed., London , Faber and Faber, 1972.
Includes index.
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"The first problem facing anybody writing about crime fiction is to stake out the limits of the theme."
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