The Cases of Susan Dare
The Cases of Susan Dare

Author: Mignon G. Eberhart

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1453257276

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DIVA mystery author finds her knowledge of murder put to practical use/divDIV/divDIVInside the lovely head of Susan Dare, grisly murder lurks. A mystery author who makes her living providing tidy solutions to imaginary crimes, Dare is enjoying a much-needed vacation when the mood at her host’s house turns sour. Ugly secrets lurk in the Frame family’s past, and jealousy stirs beneath the surface of their tranquil country estate. Dare makes plans to leave before her hosts turn on each other, but she is too late. On the morning of her departure, a gunshot echoes through the fog. Only a beautiful author with a head full of murder mysteries can pinpoint the killer./divDIV /divDIVIn this handful of elegant, classic stories, Mignon Eberhart’s amateur detective proves her worth time and time again. Decades before Murder, She Wrote, Eberhart realized that those who write mysteries can solve them too./div

American Mystery and Detective Novels
American Mystery and Detective Novels

Author: Larry Landrum

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-05-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0313003270

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Mystery and detective novels are popular fictional genres within Western literature. As such, they provide a wealth of information about popular art and culture. When the genre develops within various cultures, it adopts, and proceeds to dominate, native expressions and imagery. American mystery and detective novels appeared in the late nineteenth century. This reference provides a selective guide to the important criticism of American mystery and detective novels and presents general features of the genre and its historical development over the past two centuries. Critical approaches covered in the volume include story as game, images, myth criticism, formalism and structuralism, psychonalysis, Marxism and more. Comparisons with related genres, such as gothic, suspense, gangster, and postmodern novels, illustrate similarities and differences important to the understanding of the unique components of mystery and detective fiction. The guide is divided into five major sections: a brief history, related genres, criticism, authors, and reference. This organization accounts for the literary history and types of novels stemming from the mystery and detective genre. A chronology provides a helpful overview of the development and transformation of the genre.

A Pound of Paper
A Pound of Paper

Author: John Baxter

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780312317263

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Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2002.

Queen's Quorum
Queen's Quorum

Author: Ellery Queen

Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780819602299

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The Essential Mystery Lists
The Essential Mystery Lists

Author: Roger M Sobin

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Inc

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 1615952039

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For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.

Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950
Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950

Author: Amnon Kabatchnik

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 869

ISBN-13: 0810869632

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In this volume, Amnon Kabatchnik provides an overview of more than 150 important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection between 1925 and 1950. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars.

America's Agatha Christie
America's Agatha Christie

Author: Rick Cypert

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781575910888

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Between 1929 and 1988, American mystery writer Mignon Good Eberhart wrote fifty-nine mystery novels, at least as many short stories, and served a term as president and Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. This study of Eberhart's life and work considers the influence of her childhood in Nebraska, her marriage and frequent travels, and her various professional and personal contacts in Chicago and on the East Coast. Eberhart's friendships with well-known literary figures, including mystery and romance authors, provide a fascinating glimpse into the social matrix of a bygone publishing world. Eberhart's experiences with Hollywood and Broadway show how the mystery genre, and writer, were transformed in an alternate medium. Leading women's magazines of the day also sought Eberhart's talent and inevitably transformed her writing. Eberhart's novels and correspondence provide insight into the social mores of her day, in particular about women's friendships, repressed sexuality, and closeted homosexuality. Those interested in cultural studies, women's studies, and twentieth-century popular literature will find this book valuable.