Mystery & Detective Fiction 7

A French writer and dramatist, best known for Camille (a.k.a. The Lady of the Camellias). He was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright. The Lady of the Camellias premiered a……続きを見る

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents Holocaust House (1940) Doan & Carstairs Series The Mouse in the Mountain (1943) Sally's in the Alley (1943) Oh, Murderer Mine (……続きを見る

Second in our series of 25 Popular Novels, this collection features books that have been treasured for generations. Each book has been edited, proofed, and formatted to provide a great reading exper……続きを見る

An English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Contents Falkner The Fort……続きを見る

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Dieses umfassende Werk enthält viele phantastische Erzählungen, Gedichte und Verse des großen Dichters Edgar Allan Poe, in denen er exemplarisch seine Begabung, Scharfsinn mit Phantastik zu verbinde……続きを見る

Enjoy over 100 recipes and murderously fun facts from legendary mystery authors like Sue Grafton, Louise Penny, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson! With art deco embellishments and stunning photos, t……続きを見る

Guiding readers through key writers and genres, historical contexts and major theoretical approaches, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of popular fiction. Charting the rise of comme……続きを見る

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. T……続きを見る

Learn the skills of the world’s most famous detective in this how-to guide for Sherlock enthusiasts and amateur sleuthsーfrom the author of the Miss Peregrine books This reader’s companion to the ca……続きを見る

First published in 1987, this title tracks the spy thriller from John Buchanan to Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré, and shows how these tales of spies, moles, and the secret service tell a……続きを見る

Crime and Thriller Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing in these exciting genres. PART 1 explores the nature and history of the genre and helpsyou get started wi……続きを見る

Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the……続きを見る

The interviews in this collection cover Walter Mosley's career and reveal an overarching theme: a belief in the transformative power of reading and writing. Since the 1990 publication of his first n……続きを見る

As a novelist who has spent years crafting and refining his intense and oft outrageous "Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction" persona, James Ellroy has used interviews as a means of shaping narrative……続きを見る

Extrait : Ce que peut supporter la patience d’une femme, ce que peuvent accomplir le courage et la constance d’un homme, cette histoire le dira. Si tout événement qui prête aux soupçons pouvait être……続きを見る

The rage for crime fiction today mysteriously includes a wide and enduring attraction to the few remaining wholly admirable role models still available to readers. The iconic Miss Marple, ‘……続きを見る

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transf……続きを見る

Although rarely distinguished from the detective story, the crime novel offers readers a quite different experience. In the detective novel, a sympathetic detective figure uses reason and intuition ……続きを見る

A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published scripts and stories. Agatha……続きを見る

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction, and for the……続きを見る

Recognized as a major innovator in the weird story, H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an author whose influence was felt by nearly every writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction in the second ha……続きを見る

James M. Cain wrote some of the grittiest novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled M……続きを見る

Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watche……続きを見る

Film noir_literally 'black cinema'_is the label customarily given to a group of black and white American films, mostly crime thrillers, made between 1940 and 1959. Today there is considerable disput……続きを見る

In The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film (2005), scholar Drewey Wayne Gunn examined the history of gay detectives beginning with the first recognized gay novel, The Heart in Exile, which appeared in……続きを見る

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune est un roman policier du romancier français Gaston Leroux (1868 – 1927). Il s'agit de la première aventure du jeune reporter Joseph Rouletabille. Ce livre numérique co……続きを見る

Le Parfum de la dame en noir est un roman de l'écrivain français Gaston Leroux. C’est le deuxième épisode des aventures de Joseph Rouletabille. Ce livre numérique comporte une table des matières dyn……続きを見る

La majesté de la justice réside tout entière dans chaque sentence rendue par le juge au nom du peuple souverain.  Jérôme Crainquebille, marchand ambulant, conn……続きを見る

A 2016 Edgar Award Nominee Before he became a household name in America as perhaps our greatest hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to Lillian Hellman and blacklisting during the McCarth……続きを見る