The hard-boiled female detective novel
Subtitle: a study of a popular literary genre
By: William R. Klink ; with a Foreword by Lewis D. Moore
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780773442962
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories; History and criticism; Women detectives in literature; American fiction; Women authors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-352) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Introduction; title: Chapter 2: Sue Grafton; title: Chapter 3: Sara Paretsky; title: Chapter 4: Marcia Muller; title: Chapter 5: Linda Barnes; title: Chapter 6: Sandra West Prowell, Edna Buchanan, and Janet Evanovich; title: Chapter 7: Laura Lippman and Valerie Wilson Wesley; title: Chapter 8: Janet Dawson; title: Chapter 9: Jen Banbury; title: Chapter 10: S.J. Rozan; title: Chapter 11: Nancy Bush; title: Chapter 12: Mercedes Lackey; title: Chapter 13: Gemma Halliday; title: Chapter 14: Conclusion.