Twelve American Detective Stories

Author : Edward D. Hoch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelve American Detective Stories written by Edward D. Hoch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A virtual cornucopia of whodunits from the true masters of the craft, including Edgar Alan Poe, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Craig Rice, Ellery Queen, and Raymond Chandler, this anthology contains some genuine rarities.

Author : Rosemary Herbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelve American Crime Stories written by Rosemary Herbert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring distinctly American language and locales, the stories in this collection range from those with a strongly regional flavor to hard-boiled fiction. "Twelve American Crime Stories" includes the best of the genre and is a delightful guide to who did what to whom, and how.

Author : Laura Marcus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 12 Women Detective Stories written by Laura Marcus and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether a housekeeper, secretary, lodger, or pawn-broker in a seedy area of Victorian London, the woman detective's powers of observation and deduction are most effective in uncovering and resolving crimes. These 12 engaging mysteries gives us a glimpse of some of the most memorable characters ever created--such as Miss Marple, Carlotta Carlyle, Sharon McCone and other beloved heroines of the detective novel--by both men and women writers.

Author : Tony & Herbert Rosemary Hillerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford Book of American Detective Stories written by Tony & Herbert Rosemary Hillerman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Raczkowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108547338
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of American Crime Fiction written by Chris Raczkowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of American Crime Fiction places crime fiction within a context of aesthetic practices and experiments, intellectual concerns, and historical debates generally reserved for canonical literary history. Toward that end, the book is divided into sections that reflect the periods that commonly organize American literary history, with chapters highlighting crime fiction's reciprocal relationships with early American literature, romanticism, realism, modernism and postmodernism. It surveys everything from 17th-century execution sermons, the detective fiction of Harriet Spofford and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, to the films of David Lynch, HBO's The Sopranos, and the podcast Serial, while engaging a wide variety of critical methods. As a result, this book expands crime fiction's significance beyond the boundaries of popular genres and explores the symbiosis between crime fiction and canonical literature that sustains and energizes both.

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781596430129
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina written by Caroline Lawrence and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Roman widow shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.

Author : LeRoy Panek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early American Detective Stories written by LeRoy Panek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the classic tales of mystery have faded from popular culture, avid collectors and cataloguers have ensured their place in the annals of literature. This anthology offers readers an exemplary sample of the hundreds of detective stories published in 19th century newspapers and magazines. All but two are stories published before 1891, before Sherlock Holmes appeared in America. The stories are categorized according to common motifs, including the largely unexplored field of women in late 19th century detection. Revealing cultural intricacies that other kinds of fiction cannot, the literature presented here provides new insights into the history of the detective story.

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 12 English Detective Stories written by Michael Cox and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These twelve stories provide an entertaining exploration of this extensive and fascinating corner of English popular fiction, celebrating the detective's intellectual and intuitive powers when confronted with murder, theft, and other mysteries. The main focus of this collection is from the 1890s to the 1920s, the period when the classic English detective story was at its confident and original best, but it also offers examples from earlier and later periods. Presenting a balance of classic and more unusual stories, and featuring works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Michael Innes, this anthology will appeal to both the newcomer and aficionado of the genre.

Author : Leonie Swann
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385673795
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Bags Full written by Leonie Swann and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.

Author : S.S. Van Dine
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2383 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MURDER MYSTERIES - S.S. Van Dine Edition: 12 Detective Novels in One Volume (Illustrated) written by S.S. Van Dine and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 2383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "MURDER MYSTERIES - S.S. Van Dine Edition: 12 Detective Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Philo Vance is a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York dilettante and bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent he likes to use for solving some quite complicated crimes. His methods are unusual and often in contradiction to the firm police rules and official requirements, but his wit always gets him a step further. Philo Vance novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine, who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books. Table of Contents: Introduction Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories The Philo Vance Series The Benson Murder Case The Canary Murder Case The Greene Murder Case The Bishop Murder Case The Scarab Murder Case The Kennel Murder Case The Dragon Murder Case The Casino Murder Case The Garden Murder Case The Kidnap Murder Case The Gracie Allen Murder Case The Winter Murder Case S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.