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Author:   Stephen Knight
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780786493982

ISBN 10:   0786493984
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   14 November 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I: Beginnings 1. Caleb Williams, William Godwin 2. Edgar Huntly, Charles Brockden Brown 3. The Dupin Stories, Edgar Allan Poe 4. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins 5. Monsieur Lecoq, Ēmile Gaboriau 6. The Leavenworth Case, Anna Katharine Green 7. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Fergus Hume Part II: Mainstream 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle 9. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie 10. Strong Poison, Dorothy Sayers 11. The Yellow Dog, Georges Simenon 12. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler 13. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith Part III: Diversity 14. Cotton Comes to Harlem, Chester Himes 15. Indemnity Only, Sara Paretsky 16. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco 17. Southern Seas, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 18. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin 19. Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell 20. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson 21. Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra Index

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Stephen Knight is a well-known authority on crime fiction and literature through the ages. He has worked at universities in Australia, England and Wales and is a research professor in literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

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