The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
By: editor in chief, Rosemary Herbert ; editors, Catherine Aird, John M. Reilly.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: December 16, 1999
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 535
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- Encyclopedias; Crime in literature -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
First sentence: It was a cold and wintry afternoon in Oxford, England, when the editors of the then nascent volume which would come to be known as The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing concluded the meeting that would lay the groundwork for this book.
Description: "Entertaining and authoritative, this alphabetically arranged companion is an indispensable reference guide to crime and mystery writing. Unique in its biographical and critical treatment of major detective writers, it is a comprehensive digest to the genre's lexicon, characters, themes, time periods, milieus, and curiosities."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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