In search of the paper tiger : a sociological perspective of myth, formula, and the mystery genre in the entertainment print mass medium /

Suspense in the formula story /
by: Dove, George N.
Published: (1989)

Form and ideology in crime fiction /
by: Knight, Stephen, 1951-1985
Published: (1980)

The bedside companion to crime /
by: Keating, H. R. F. (Henry Reymond Fitzwalter), 1926-2011
Published: (1989)

The Sleuth and the scholar : origins, evolution, and current trends in detective fiction /
Published: (1988)

Heroes and humanities : detective fiction and culture /
by: Browne, Ray B. (Ray Broadus), 1922-2009
Published: (1986)

The mystery writer's art /
by: Nevins, Francis M.
Published: (1970)

Killer books : a reader's guide to exploring the popular world of mystery and suspense /
by: Swanson, Jean (Jean R.)
Published: (1998)

A history of American crime fiction /
Published: (2017)

The Armchair detective.

Saint with a gun : the unlawful American private eye /
by: Ruehlmann, William, 1946-
Published: (1974)

Forensic crime fiction /
by: Varvogli, Aliki
Published: (2024)

Out of the woodpile : black characters in crime and detective fiction /
by: Bailey, Frankie Y.
Published: (1991)

The triumph of the thriller : how cops, crooks, and cannibals captured popular fiction /
by: Anderson, Patrick, 1936-
Published: (2007)

The detective in American fiction, film, and television /
Published: (1998)

Literary genres.
Published: (2022)

American crime fiction : studies in the genre /
Published: (1988)

Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America : from high noon to midnight /
by: Hamilton, Cynthia S., 1949-
Published: (1987)

Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America : from high noon to midnight /
by: Hamilton, Cynthia S.
Published: (1987)

Hillary Waugh's guide to mysteries & mystery writing.
by: Waugh, Hillary
Published: (1991)

Detective fiction : notes /
by: Allen, L. David
Published: (1978)

Places for dead bodies /
by: Hausladen, Gary, 1946-
Published: (2000)

A reader's guide to the American novel of detection /
by: Lachman, Marvin
Published: (1993)

Thirteen classic detective stories ; a critical history of detective fiction.
by: Liebman, Arthur, 1926-
Published: (1974)

Colloquium on crime : eleven renowned mystery writers discuss their work /
Published: (1986)

Critical essays on English and Bengali detective fiction /
Published: (2022)

Reading the cozy mystery : critical essays on an underappreciated subgenre /
Published: (2021)

The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction /
Published: (2010)

Which way did he go? : the private eye in Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, and Ross Macdonald /
by: Margolies, Edward
Published: (1982)

Probable cause : crime fiction in America /
by: Panek, LeRoy
Published: (1990)

Busybodies, meddlers, and snoops : the female hero in contemporary women's mysteries /
by: Dilley, Kimberly J., 1964-
Published: (1998)

The murder mystique : crime writers on their art /
Published: (1982)

Murder for pleasure ; the life and times of the detective story /
by: Haycraft, Howard, 1905-1991
Published: (1943)

Queen's quorum ; a history of the detective-crime short story as revealed in the 106 most important books published in this field since 1845.
by: Queen, Ellery
Published: (1969)

In the beginning : first novels in mystery series /
Published: (1995)

Sisters in crime : feminism and the crime novel /
by: Reddy, Maureen T.
Published: (1988)

Thrillers : genesis and structure of a popular genre /
by: Palmer, Jerry, 1940-
Published: (1979)