CK - Mystery & Detective Fiction 1

When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known ……続きを見る

If God is the greatest mystery of them all, then why not, in pursuit of God, consult the greatest detective of them all? In this imaginative and surprisingly profound book, Stephen Kendrick reveals ……続きを見る

There’s been a revolution in American popular fiction. The writers who dominated the bestseller lists a generation ago with blockbuster novels about movie stars and exotic foreign lands have been re……続きを見る

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents The Only Girl at Overlook, Franklin Fyles A Thing that Glistened, Frank R. Stockton A Lion and a Lioness, Joaquin Miller The Cheate……続きを見る

Gahan Wilson ranked Oliver Onions as "one of the best, if not the best, ghost story writers working in the English language," declaring that "Mr. Onions did as much as anyone to move phantoms and ot……続きを見る

This book will tell you about the boy whose fate was twisted.He was an orphan whose live in an almshouse with his friends.He was take by Mr.Sowerberry to be his worker.He escaped from those thing an……続きを見る

Edgar Allan Poe exerted a profound influence on many aspects of 20th century culture, and continues to inspire composers, filmmakers, writers and artists. Popularly thought of as a "horror" writer, ……続きを見る

In 'Bleak House' von Charles Dickens erwarten den Leser düstere und verzweigte Handlungsstränge, die sich um den berüchtigten Chancery-Prozess und das Schicksal von Esther Summerson drehen. Dickens ……続きを見る

H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories tha……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

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

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Sea Wolf (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journali……続きを見る

En Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle creó uno de los personajes literarios más conocidos y más realizados en el mundo. Desde la muerte de Doyle, ha habido un montón de escritores que imitan su……続きを見る

Locations play an important role in every story, but in British and American contemporary crime fiction, they are often inextricable from the narrative. This work examines the city, the countryside ……続きを見る

A collection of works on everyone’s favorite gentleman sleuth: Sherlock Holmes. This compendium of Sherlockiana compiled by Vincent Starrett, one of the world’s foremost Holmes experts, is sure to p……続きを見る

In 'Die großen Klassiker der englischen Literatur' findet sich eine sorgfältig kuratierte Auswahl von über 40 Titeln, die das breite Spektrum und die Tiefe der englischen Literaturgeschichte widersp……続きを見る

The relationship between traditional myths, fairytales and current fiction novels featuring women as crime-solvers is examined in this critical study. Using theories from Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung ……続きを見る

In Charles Dickens' Werk 'Dombey & Sohn' entführt der Autor die Leser in das viktorianische England des 19. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Paul Dombey, einem reichen und stolzen G……続きを見る

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Con……続きを見る

This book contains several tables of HTML content for easy reading. The novels are sorted in chronological order. content: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving On Ghosts by Mary Shelley ……続きを見る

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A young career woman involved in movies is threatened, and a husband and wife detective team hunt for her stalker. This story is considered to be tThe earliest known novel with a motion-picture them……続きを見る

Edward Bulwer-Lytton--who coined the terms "the great unwashed" and "the pen is mightier than the sword"--is best remembered for persuading Dickens to change the ending of Great Expectations; but Lo……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

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

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

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