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Name: Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction
Author: Frank N. Magill

📘 Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction by Frank N. Magill

Presents critical studies of more than 290 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

First publish date: 1988

Authors: Frank N. Magill

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