The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators write by Martin Edwards. This book was released on 2022-05-26. The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards. ‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’ The Times
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club write by Martin Edwards. This book was released on 2020-09-17. Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.
Murder for Pleasure
Murder for Pleasure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder for Pleasure write by Howard Haycraft. This book was released on 2019-02-13. Murder for Pleasure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing write by Rosemary Herbert. This book was released on 1999. The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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 gen
The Golden Age of Murder
The Golden Age of Murder - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Golden Age of Murder write by Martin Edwards. This book was released on 2015-05-07. The Golden Age of Murder available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.