Mystery & Detective Fiction 12

Crime narratives form a large and central part of the modern cultural landscape. This book explores the cognitive stylistic processing of prose and audiovisual fictional crime 'texts'. It also exami……続きを見る

Australian crime fiction has grown from the country's origins as an 18th-century English prison colony. Early stories focused on escaped convicts becoming heroic bush rangers, or how the system mist……続きを見る

It is 1938 -- a year when most Americans are still coping with the Great Depression and wondering how long they can avoid the inevitable war and Nazi threat in Europe. When thirteen-year-old Orville……続きを見る

At the heart of crime fiction is an investigation into an act of violence. Studies of the genre have generally centered on the relationship between the criminal and the investigator. Focusing on con……続きを見る

Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging fr……続きを見る

G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and ……続きを見る

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. 続きを見る

Privatdetektiv Vincent Calvino ist seit fast dreißig Jahren im Geschäft und eine bekannte Größe in der Welt der Kriminalliteratur. Diesmal gerät er ins Fadenkreuz der thailändischen Behörden, als er……続きを見る

There is a new category of authors blurring the line between fiction and nonfiction: women who work or have worked in criminal justice--lawyers, police officers and forensic investigators--who publi……続きを見る

The American police novel emerged soon after World War II and by the end of the century it was one of the most important forms of American crime fiction. The vogue for either Holmesian genius or the……続きを見る

In Ecocritical Explorations, Patrick D. Murphy explores environmental literature and environmental cultural issues through both theoretical and applied criticism. He engages with the concepts of ref……続きを見る

Different Drummers is the follow-up book of Kevin Cummings' Bangkok Beat featuring the noir poety of John Gartland. It's a compendium of literature reviews, author profiles, and short stories. Featu……続きを見る

A smart, practical, and often funny guide for those who aspire to write mysteries, Sleuth reveals the secrets behind the curtain from a bestselling and award-winning master of the genre. Gail Bowen ……続きを見る

Carl Hiaasen has been described as "one of the funniest crime writers in decades," "America's finest satirical novelist," and a "great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, ……続きを見る

Chanson douce de Leïla Slimani : Une plongée glaçante dans l'horreur du quotidien Dès la première ligne, le verdict tombe : « Le bébé est mort ». Leïla Slimani nous confronte à l'impensable : Louise……続きを見る

Winner of the 2019 Patrick F. Quinn Award for the best book on Poe (awarded by the Poe Studies Association) Edgar Allan Poe and His Nineteenth-Century American Counterparts addresses Poe's connectio……続きを見る

For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, it covers all aspects of mystery an……続きを見る

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre……続きを見る

This book focuses on the distinctive role that artists have played in detective fiction--as detectives, as villains and victims, and as bystanders. With a few significant exceptions, literary detect……続きを見る

Extrait : Dans certaine ville de certain comté vivait, il y a quelque quarante ans, un jurisconsulte nommé Wilkins. Il y exerçait cette profession spéciale qui est désignée sous le nom de conveyanci……続きを見る

In Chemical Crimes: Science and Poison in Victorian Crime Fiction, Cheryl Blake Price delves into the dark world of Victorian criminality to examine how poison allowed authors to disrupt gender boun……続きを見る

Este livro é composto de cinco ensaios, que podem ser lidos separada ou associadamente. Neles o historiador Júlio Pimentel Pinto busca os fios da história da literatura policial. "No princípio era P……続きを見る

Saggi - saggio (227 pagine) - Saggi su Maj Sjöwall e Per Wahlöö, Anne Perry, Claude Izzo, Alicia Gimenéz Bartlett, Qiu Xiaolong, Moussa Konaté La storia del romanzo giallo ha seguito la storia dello……続きを見る

The second anniversary issue of a mystery magazine which Bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman has called “a cut above” and mystery grand masters Lawrence Block and Max Allan Collins have praised f……続きを見る

Mit dem Geschäft übernimmt die neue Besitzerin nicht nur das Objekt und das Angebot, sondern auch gleich die Stammkundschaft. Doch noch etwas bekommt sie dazu. Etwas, mit dem sie nicht gerechnet hat……続きを見る

Originally published in 1893, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes was intended to be the ultimate collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great stro……続きを見る

Though mystery, crime, and detective fiction are some of the most popular genres in the world, little scholarship currently exists regarding Native American writers and how they add new dimensions t……続きを見る

Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2013 Agatha, Anthony and the Macavity Awards for Best Crime Non-Fiction. With so many mystery novels to choose from and so many new titles appearing each year, where should the reader ……続きを見る

Saggi - saggio (286 pagine) - Una grande scrittrice di gialli, a sua volta complice di un omicidio: è l'incredibile vita di Anne Perry, la regina del giallo vittoriano L'Inghilterra vittoriana è la ……続きを見る