Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel.

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Author / Creator:Brody, Howard.
Imprint:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021.
Description:1 online resource (389 p.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13586039
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ISBN:1527564800
9781527564800
1527562956
9781527562950
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Summary:This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of one variant of the mystery story or novel--the use of a physician as the major detective. There is little difference between a medical ""case study"" and a mystery story. The book reviews the works of major authors, from R. Austin Freeman, Helen McCloy, Josephine Bell, and H.C. Bailey, to Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Aaron Elkins, and Colin Cotterill, with briefer reviews of minor authors. It also addresses historical (fictional) physician detectives, psychological detectives, and physician detective nonfiction.Physicians and health wo.
Other form:Print version: Brody, Howard Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher,c2021 9781527562950