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Mystery fiction is today's favorite form of literary entertainment. Now here's the perfect accessory to any crime imaginable, a hefty, handsome one-volume look at mystery fiction of all kinds from the traditional mystery as written by Charlotte MacLeod and Lilian Jackson Braun, to the serial killer novels of Thomas Harris and Jim Thompson.
THE FINE ART OF MURDER offers the mystery fan a revealing and informative look at the world of mystery fiction as told from the viewpoints of the writer, editor, critic, and bookseller. From interviews to essays, from appealing photo layouts to recommended reading lists, this is the one book all mystery readers will want handily positioned on their own bookshelves.
Here's a one-of-a-kind overview of the mystery field that includes movies and television as well as fiction The subjects and categories covered include American Mysteries. Traditional Mysteries. The Black Detective. Religious Mysteries. Private Eye Mysteries, Gay Mysteries. British Mysteries. Dark Suspense. Women's Suspense. Police Procedural, Hard-boiled Mysteries, Thrillers, Young Adult Mysteries, Short Stones. True Crime, The Writing Life. Fandom, Television Mysteries. Comic Books, and Nostalgia.
All this and much, much more in this remarkable feast for mystery lovers... THE FINE ART OF MURDER
Million magazine has called Ed Gorman "one of the world's great storytellers" His crime fiction has won the Shamus and been nominated for both the Edgar and the Anthony awards.
Along with Martin H Greenberg. he is co-editor of Mystery Scene Martin H. Greenberg was recently called "the worlds leading
anthologist." Many of the stories in his books have won the mostcoveted prizes in popular fiction.
Larry Segriff is a young writer who has sold more than twenty-five stories to a variety of magazines and anthologies
Jon L. Breen is an award-winning fiction writer and the leading crime fiction critic of his generation. His reviews appear monthly in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
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American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Bibliography, Miscellanea, Detective and mystery films, Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Mystery & Detective - Anthologies, Sale Books, Sale Adult - Fiction - Mystery / Detective, Mystery And Suspense FictionEdition | Availability |
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The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
October 1995, BBS Publishing Corporation
Hardcover
in English
0883659107 9780883659106
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The Fine art of murder: the mystery reader's indispensable companion
1993, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English
- 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
0881849723 9780881849721
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The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
November 1993, Carroll & Graf Publishers
Paperback
in English
- 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
0881849723 9780881849721
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