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1	The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Cat Who-- Companion more books like this by Sharon A Feaster add to wishlist Everything you ever wanted to know about "The Cat Who..." mystery series, you can find in this book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder more books like this by Daniel Stashower add to wishlist The author of Edgar winner "Teller of Tales" recounts the story of Manhattan tobacco store clerk Mary Rogers, whose murder in 1841 fueled a public outcry. Edgar Allan Poe began a fictional magazine serial featuring his famous detective Dupin speculating on the murder of the working-class girl, thus beginning the modern detective story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman more books like this by Tony Hillerman, Ernie Bulow add to wishlist Tony Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterisation, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique. These and other insights into how he writes emerge in an extended interview with his long-time friend and fellow author Ernie Bulow. An autobiographical piece by Hillerman details his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Robert B. Parker Companion more books like this by Dean James, Elizabeth Foxwell add to wishlist Featuring an exclusive interview with Robert B. Parker, this book is the complete guide to his novels, with a focus on characters from Spenser to Jesse Stone to Sunny Randall. Includes plot summaries, cast of characters, Boston locations, and maps. see all copies from $22.00! new only from $22.00!
6	The Art of the Mystery Story more books like this by Howard Haycraft (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
7	The Mystery to a Solution: Poe, Borges, and the Analytic Detective Story more books like this by Professor John T Irwin add to wishlist In "The Mystery to a Solution", John Irwin examines the deeper significance of the genre Poe created and the meaning of Borges's efforts to "double" its origin. Drawing on history, literary history, and practical and speculative criticism, Irwin pursues issues underlying the detective genre into areas as various as the history of mathematics, ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: An A-To-Z Guide to the World of the Great Detective more books like this by Matthew Bunson add to wishlist see all copies from $2.25! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia more books like this by Matthew Bunson add to wishlist Which poison was used most frequently in Agatha Christie's novels? Where on the train were the suspects located in "Murder on the Orient Express"? How many actors have played Hercule Poirot? This encyclopedia is a guide to the vast world of mystery created by Agatha Christie. see all copies from $5.89! new only from $13.22! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Perfectly Plum: Unauthorized Essays on the Life, Loves, and Other Disasters of Stephanie Plum, Trenton Bounty Hunter more books like this by Leah Wilson (Editor) add to wishlist COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED Speculating about the cultural metaphors in Janet Evanovich's wildly popular mystery series (which includes 11 books, from "One for the Money" to "Eleven on Top)", this anthology takes a look at lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum and catalogs her bad luck with cars (she's blown up quite a few), her ... see all copies from $13.41! new only from $13.41! \| SVS
11	Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries more books like this by Laurance D Linford add to wishlist In more than a dozen novels set in the American Southwest, Tony Hillerman's heroes, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, travel the mountains, deserts, and towns of the Four Corners tracking wrongdoers. In see all copies from $6.19! new only from $15.02! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television more books like this by William DeAndrea add to wishlist Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical or Biographical Work, here is a book every mystery fan will turn to . . . crime after crime! Organized alphabetically with exhaustive cross-references for easy access, "Encyclopedia Mysteriosa" has information on everything and everyone from The Blue Dahlia to Blue Velvet. Appendix and glossary. 50 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
13	Rex Stout: A Biography more books like this by John J. McAleer add to wishlist see all copies from $2.10! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Who killed Roger Ackroyd? : the mystery behind the Agatha Christie mystery more books like this by Pierre Bayard add to wishlist French psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that the crime in Agatha Christie's 1926 classic, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, was never actually solved by her intrepid sleuth, Hercule Poirot. The supposed killer never confesses to the crime; the complexity of Christie's writing renders the mystery unsolvable; and, according to Bayard, Poirot is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery more books like this by Bruce Murphy add to wishlist This is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, movie and theatrical applications. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Mortal Consequences: A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel more books like this by Julian Symons add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17 view cover	The notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English summer : a gothic romance more books like this by Raymond Chandler add to wishlist During a period of twenty years that stretched from his beginnings as a pulp writer for The Black Mask, through his writing of the novels The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely, to the Hollywood years of the 1940s, Raymond Chandler kept a series of private notebooks. Filled with both public and private writings, these pages give us an intimate view ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Agatha Christie A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life & Writings more books like this by Dawn B Sova, Mathew Prichard (Introduction by), David Suchet (Foreword by) add to wishlist Agatha Christie A to Z offers a comprehensiv e reference to Christie''s life and work. With over 2,500 ent ries, the book includes descriptions of all Christie''s books , television and cinema adaptations, and looks at her friend s and associates. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.85! \| first editions
19 view cover	Sherlock Holmes by Gas-Lamp: Highlights from the First Four Decades of the Baker Street Journal more books like this by Philip A. Shreffler (Editor) add to wishlist Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future lifeas work, telling him that "all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands." His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Never mind that Trevoras name wasnat really ... see all copies from $12.04! new only from $30.27! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction: The Authors, Their Works and Their Most Famous Creations more books like this by Michael Ashley, Compiled by Mike Ashley, Mike Ashley (Editor) add to wishlist Never before has there been a comprehensive, inexpensive reference guide and overview to the genre of crime fiction like The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Crime Fiction. Veteran editor Mike Ashley's historical introduction gives an overview of the crime genre, showing the background and development of crime fiction from the earliest days with Agatha ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99!
21 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction more books like this by Martin Priestman (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the ... see all copies from $17.00! new only from $24.14!
22 view cover	Agatha Christie: A Reader's Companion more books like this by Vanessa Wagstaff, Stephen Poole add to wishlist Other crime writers may come and go, but Agatha Christie maintains her enduring appeal, and for her millions of fans this book is the next best thing to a new Christie novel. The authors have assembled a mouth-watering feast of period memorabilia - the jackets of first editions, stills from films and television series, photographs of the places ... see all copies from $9.26! new only from $16.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries more books like this by Professor Gillian C Gill add to wishlist Since the publication of "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" in 1917, Agatha Christie has become one of the most widely read authors ever. Yet despite her international reputation as a mystery writer, little is known of Christie's private life and motivations - she remains, in fact, her own greatest unsolved mystery. Through a critical reading of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: New York more books like this by Alzina Stone Dale add to wishlist Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: New York takes you on a tour of the Manhattan that mystery writers have made famous. See New York through the eyes of more than 50 mystery writers and their characters, from S.S. Van Dine's Philo Vance to Emma Lathen's John Putnam Thatcher, and many others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.34! \| SVS

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