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The Crime and Mystery Book

The Crime and Mystery Book

Ian Ousby

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.
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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.

Product Description

Title - The Crime and Mystery Book

Edition -

Author - Ian Ousby

ISBN 13 - 9780500279786

Imprint - Thames & Hudson Ltd

Publisher - Thames & Hudson Ltd

Date Published - 13/10/1997

Prize -

No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 187 x 248 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English