The wittiest and most important contributions to Sherlockian studies up to 1959 as chosen by editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger for the centennial of Ronald A. Knox’s landmark of mock scholarship “Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes.”
An update to one of the most ambitious and thorough specialized reference projects in mystery fiction, this latest edition adds 200 pages of research to the original 2003 double volume.
This remarkable book is a wealth of information on Matheson's theatrical films and TV shows.
Eva Gabrielsson recounts her life with Stieg Larsson, the author of the Millennium trilogy.
I have to disclose that this collection of 40 years’ worth of mystery criticism is dedicated to me, my own A Shot Rang Out from the same publisher having in part inspired its compilation. Nevins begins with excellent survey articles on four proclaimed Titans (Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, Ellery Queen, and Anthony Boucher), then proceeds to lesser-known Cold Cases (Anthony Abbot, Cleve F. Adams, John Lawrence, Milton Propper, William Ard), a mixed bag of Profiles (Michael Avallone, Edward D. Hoch, Harry Stephen Keeler, John Lutz, John D. MacDonald, Jack Ritchie), and Brother Agents (interviews with James Atlee Phillips and David Atlee Phillips). An 80-page section on landmark mystery films, with extensive credits and notes drawing on the work of film historian William K. Everson, ranges chronologically from the classical detection of The Night Club Lady and the Penguin Pool Murder (both 1932) to the gritty realism of Touch of Evil and The Line-Up (both 1958). An article on poetry and crime fiction, short articles on film, radio, and TV mysteries, miscellaneous notes, and a section of obituaries, including an appreciation of the unjustly forgotten MWA Grand Master Aaron Marc Stein (aka George Bagby and Hampton Stone), fill out a volume every serious fan or scholar of crime fiction should acquire.
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