Bloody murder
Subtitle: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
By: Julian Symons
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780670800964
Subjects: Roman policier; Detective and mystery stories; Kriminalroman; History and criticism; Histoire et critique; Crime in literature
Notes: First U.S. ed. published under title: Mortal consequences.

"Revised and updated edition ..."--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the revised edition --; title: Prologue: the guilty party -- -- ch. 1.; title: What they are and why we read them -- -- ch. 2. The; title: two strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe -- -- ch. 3.; title: Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau: the pattern forms -- -- ch. 4.; title: Interregnum -- -- ch. 5. The; title: Case of Sherlock Holmes -- -- ch. 6. The; title: short story: the first Golden Age -- -- ch. 7. The; title: rise of the novel -- -- ch. 8. The; title: Golden Age: the Twenties -- -- ch. 9. The; title: Golden Age: the Thirties -- -- ch. 10. The; title: American revolution -- -- ch. 11.; title: Simenon and Maigret -- -- ch. 12.; title: 'Mr Queen, will you be good enough to explain your famous character's sex life, if any?' -- -- ch. 13. The; title: short story's mutations -- -- ch.14.; title: Crime novel and police novel -- -- ch. 15.; title: Big producers and big sellers, curiosities and singletons -- -- ch. 16. A; title: short history of the spy story -- -- ch. 17. The; title: crystal ball revisited.