Detectionary
Subtitle: a biographical dictionary of leading characters in detective and mystery fiction, including famous and little-known sleuths, their helpers, rogues, both heroic and sinister, and some of their most memorable adventures, as recounted in novels, short stories, and films
By: compiled by Otto Penzler ... [et al.] ; edited by Otto Penzler, Chris Steinbrunner & Marvin Lachman
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Woodstock, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780879510411
Subjects: Roman policier; Films de détective; Detective and mystery stories; Dictionnaires anglais; Encyclopedias
Notes: "Revised and updated edition."

Includes index.

Also issued online.