Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide

Author: Barry Forshaw
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
ISBN: 0857303368
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 489

Book Description
Are you a lover of crime fiction looking for new discoveries or hoping to rediscover old favourites? Then look no further. There are few contemporary crime fiction guides that cover everything from the golden age to current bestselling writers from America, Britain and all across the world, but the award-winning Barry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts in the field, has provided a truly comprehensive survey with definitive coverage in this expanded new edition of the much admired Rough Guide to Crime Fiction. Every major writer is included, along with many other more esoteric choices. Focusing on a key book (or books) by each writer, and with essays on key crime genres, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide (with a foreword by Ian Rankin) is designed to be both a crime fan's shopping list and a pithy, opinionated but unstuffy reference tool and history. Most judgements are generous (though not uncritical), and there is a host of entertaining, informed entries on related films and TV. 'Most comprehensive, accessible and readable guides to noir crime fiction' - Times 'An essential volume for the crime and thriller aficionado' - Shots Magazine 'Exemplary tour of the crime landscape... supremely readable' - Independent

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction

Author: Barry Forshaw
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405383879
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams ...all the evidence that counts

The Crime Fiction Handbook

Author: Peter Messent
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118326547
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions

Make Mine a Mystery

Author: Gary Warren Niebuhr
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
Presents a comprehensive guide for mystery and detective fiction, compiling over 2,500 titles from more than 200 authors and including plot overviews, a history of the genre, and a discussion on collection development.

A Companion to Crime Fiction

Author: Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119675774
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 648

Book Description
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler

Author: Toby Widdicombe
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
The author of such works as The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Lady in the Lake (1943), and The Long Goodbye (1953), Raymond Chandler was one of the most popular mystery writers of his time. His works continue to be read today and have been adapted many times into films. Chandler's writings have also been receiving growing amounts of scholarly attention, and while most of this attention has focused on his use of language, critics are now studying the fictitious world he created and the milieu in which he wrote. This reference is a detailed guide to his writings. A chronology and brief biography overview the chief events in his life and career, with the biography discussing thematic patterns in his life and writings. The major section of the book, Chandler's World, describes the characters and places in his 7 novels and 25 short stories. Alphabetically arranged entries also provide summaries of his works, along with discussions of key topics. The entries are concise and informative and thus readily guide the reader through Chandler's complex universe. Appendices provide information about adaptations of his works, along with extensive listings of primary and secondary sources for additional consultation.

A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

Author: Rosalind Stopps
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008302634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
The brand-new book from a powerful literary voice, author of The Stranger She Knew, shortlisted for the Paul Torday Prize.

Euro Noir

Author: Barry Forshaw
Publisher: Pocket Essentials (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781843442455
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Euro Noir examines the astonishing success of European fiction and drama which is often edgier, grittier and more compelling than some of its British or American equivalents, and provides a highly readable guide for those wanting to look further than the obvious choices. Euro Noir provides the perfect shopping list for what to watch or read before that trip to Paris, Rome or Berlin.

Whodunit?

Author: Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description

The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book

Author: Martin Roth
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
A comprehensive reference for writers of mysteries, thrillers, action/adventure, true crime, police procedurals, romantic suspense, and psychological mysteries--whether novels or scripts--covering numerous aspects of crime, outlining general rules of thumb, as well as specific policies and procedures of various law enforcement agencies. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR