Mystery & Detective Fiction 8

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

Emphasising the influence of Raymond Chandler's English background, Malcolm Noble encourages a new generation of Chandler readers to look further into this writer's life and work.    "……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

On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year late……続きを見る

In this anthology we aim to provide general insights into the role of the anarchist in fiction, both as protagonist (as angels and demons, but mostly demons) and author. Obviously, there will be wri……続きを見る

In this intriguing and very personal book, part diary, part memoir, P.D. James considers the twelve months of her life between her 77th and 78th birthdays, 'a time to be in earnest', as Dr Johnson s……続きを見る

Durant les fêtes de la Nativité de l’an de grâce 1198, trois jongleurs arrivent au château de Saint-Gilles. L’un d’eux est un monstre, un nain avec une face poilue le faisan……続きを見る

Seit September 2013 erscheint monatlich im Netz das Onlinemagazin Polar Gazette, das sich mit jeder neuen Ausgabe einem Thema des Genres Krimi widmet. Sei es „Muss ein Krimi immer gut enden . . . mu……続きを見る

This collection establishes new perspectives on the idea of mystery, as it is enacted and encoded in the genre of detective fiction. Essays reclaim detective fiction as an object of critical inquiry……続きを見る

Le Fauteuil hanté est un roman policier de l'écrivain français Gaston Leroux (1868 – 1927). Résumé : L'intrigue se déroule sous la coupole de l'Académie française. À la suite de la mort de Monseigne……続きを見る

»Kriminalliteratur, mit einer gewissen intellektuellen Wollust genossen, ist ein wunderbar funkelndes, facettenreiches Ding. Man kann sie von allen Seiten betrachten, man kann sich von ihr holen, wa……続きを見る

Jamie Aldrich is ready to begin the next chapter of her life. After dealing with a series of frightening events that began with the loss of her husband two years ago and the near-death of her elderl……続きを見る

Découvrez l'histoire du plus célèbre commissaire du cinéma et de la télévision Le commissaire Maigret est aussi célèbre que Sherlock Holmes ou Hercule Poirot. Le héros créé par Georges Simenon en 19……続きを見る

Découvrez les oeuvres et la vie du grand romancier noir Léo Malet Léo Malet (1909-1996) est le père de Nestor Burma, le premier grand détective privé de la littérature française, immortalisé à l´écr……続きを見る

Em novembro de 2011, a Academia Brasileira de Letras, em colaboração com o Centro de Estudos Brasileiros da Universidade de Salamanca, organizou umas “conversações literárias” para o estudo e a divu……続きを見る

El discurso del policial. Reconfiguraciones del género en la sociedad contemporánea presenta un análisis sobre autores y obras policiales, casi desde los orígenes del género ーDoyleー pasando por cl……続きを見る

Dreams for Dead Bodies: Blackness, Labor, and the Corpus of American Detective Fiction offers new arguments about the origins of detective fiction in the United States, tracing the lineage of the ge……続きを見る

I. - M. Sherlock Holmes  II. ー La malédiction des Baskerville  III. ー Le problème  IV. ー Sir Henry Baskerville  V. ー Fils cassés  VI. ー Le châ……続きを見る

La Main brune Retiré des affaires Le Docteur noir L’Étrange Collègue La Chambre scellée Une visite nocturne Le Voyage de Jelland L’Ile hantée Le Chat du Brésil 続きを見る

I. ー La déduction élevée à la hauteur d’une science II. ー Exposé de l’affaire III. ー A la recherche d’une solution IV. ー Récit de l’homme chauve V. ー Le drame de Pondichery Lodge VI. ー Théorie……続きを見る

A gripping mystery about a woman trying to find out the truth behind the death of her best friend and introducing a brilliant detective duo - perfect for fans of Peter James, Angela Marsons and Jame……続きを見る

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! “You’ve read the books, now see the land. . . . It’s like having Tony Hillerman still with……続きを見る

This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Flying Fifty-Five' is a novel set in the horse racing c……続きを見る