Howard Haycraft

John Beecroft

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volume 2

Stanley Kunitz

Wilbur Crane Hadden

A Companion Volume to Living Authors

Authors Today and Yesterday

The Life and Times of the Detective Story

Murder for Pleasure

A collection of short stories featuring fictional detectives performing outstanding feats of detection.

The Boys' Book of Great Detective Stories

A Collection of Critical Essays

The Art of the Mystery Story

Introduction

Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

On t.p.: Complete in one volume with 1850 biographies and 1700 portraits.

A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature

Twentieth Century Authors

Fourteen Great Detective Stories

"Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.

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