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The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing is an authoritative guide that organizes its content alphabetically, providing biographical sketches and critical essays on prominent detective authors. It serves as a detailed digest of the genre's vocabulary, recurring characters, thematic concerns, historical periods, and characteristic settings, offering an indispensable resource for scholars, writers, and enthusiasts of crime and mystery fiction.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Rosemary Herbert
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