The literature of crime and detection
Subtitle: an illustrated history from antiquity to the present
By: Waltraud Woeller and Bruce Cassiday.
Contributors: Cassiday, Bruce.
Series: Ungar writers' recognitions series
Publisher: Ungar
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.; Crime in literature.
Description: Traces the history of the crime story, offers profiles of influential writers, and includes brief plot summaries of their major works.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 198-200.
Translation of: Illustrierte Geschichte der Kriminalliteratur.
Includes index.