| Description |
ix, 233 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Crime files series
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Crime files series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index. |
| Contents |
The old guard in the mid-1990s : Muller, Grafton, and Paretsky -- The old guard continued : Kaminsky, Parker, and Block -- The personal and the regional : new forms of authenticity in female crime writing -- Three pictures from the institution : Forrest, Barr, and Hightower -- Los Angeles Police Department : Ellroy's and Connelly's police procedurals -- Private investigation in the 1990s -- The 'English tradition' in contemporary American crime fiction -- Historical mysteries -- In Waco's wake : Patricia Cornwell and Mary Willis Walker -- 'Other' detectives : the emergence of ethnic crime writing -- Black female crime writing -- The persistence of gender : the private investigators of S.J. Rozan. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Criminals in literature.
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Criminals in literature. |
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Crime in literature.
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Crime in literature. |
| Added Author |
Haen, Theo d'.
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| ISBN |
0333684656 paperback |
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0333674553 cloth |
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