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Starting with William Godwin''s Caleb Williams and Charles Brockden Brown''s Edgar Huntly, this book covers in detail the great works of detective fiction--Poe''s Dupin stories, Conan Doyle''s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christie''s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Sayers'' Strong Poison, Chandler''s The Big Sleep, and Simenon''s The Yellow Dog. Lesser-known but important early works are also discussed, including Wilkie Collins'' The Woman in White, Emile Gaboriau''s M. Lecoq, Anna Katharine Green''s The Leavenworth Case and Fergus Hume''s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

More recent titles show increasing variety in the mystery genre, with Patricia Highsmith''s criminal-focused The Talented Mr. Ripley and Chester Himes'' African-American detectives in Cotton Comes to Harlem. Diversity develops further in Sara Paretsky''s tough woman detective V.I. Warshawski in Indemnity Only

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786493982, 978-0786493982
      ISBN10: 0786493984

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Starting with William Godwin''s Caleb Williams and Charles Brockden Brown''s Edgar Huntly, this book covers in detail the great works of detective fiction--Poe''s Dupin stories, Conan Doyle''s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christie''s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Sayers'' Strong Poison, Chandler''s The Big Sleep, and Simenon''s The Yellow Dog. Lesser-known but important early works are also discussed, including Wilkie Collins'' The Woman in White, Emile Gaboriau''s M. Lecoq, Anna Katharine Green''s The Leavenworth Case and Fergus Hume''s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

      More recent titles show increasing variety in the mystery genre, with Patricia Highsmith''s criminal-focused The Talented Mr. Ripley and Chester Himes'' African-American detectives in Cotton Comes to Harlem. Diversity develops further in Sara Paretsky''s tough woman detective V.I. Warshawski in Indemnity Only

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