Women of mystery : the lives and works of notable women crime novelists / by Dubose, Martha Hailey

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: guilty pleasures -- Part one - In the beginning: the mothers of detection -- Anna Katharine Green: the lady and the inspector -- Mary Roberts Rinehart: the buried story -- Part two - a golden era: the genteel puzzlers -- Agatha Christie: the queen of crime -- Dorothy L. …”

100 masters of mystery and detective fiction by MagillOnLIterature

Table of Contents: “…Parker -- Elizabeth Peters -- Ellis Peters -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Bill Pronzini -- Ellery Queen -- Ruth Rendell -- Mary Roberts Rinehart -- Lawrence Sanders -- Dorothy L. Sayers -- Georges Simenon -- Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö -- Martin Cruz Smith -- Mickey Spillane -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Mary Stewart -- Rex Stout -- Julian Symons -- Josephine Tey -- Ross Thomas -- Jim Thompson -- Lawrence Treat -- S.S. …”
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