The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing /

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Author / Creator:	Herbert, Rosemary.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 535 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories -- Encyclopedias. Crime in literature -- Encyclopedias. Crime in literature. Detective and mystery stories. Encyclopedias. Electronic books. Encyclopedias.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12357433

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Other authors / contributors:	Aird, Catherine. Reilly, John M. (John Marsden)
ISBN:	9780199891078 0199891079 0195072391 9780195072396
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Entertaining and authoritative, this alphabetically arranged companion is an indispensable reference guide to crime and mystery writing. Unique in its biographical and critical treatment of major detective writers, it is a comprehensive digest to the genre's lexicon, characters, themes, time periods, milieus, and curiosities."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
Other form:	Print version: Herbert, Rosemary. Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195072391

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