The Oxford Companion To Crime And Mystery Writing -

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1999. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999-12-16. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

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New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. 0195072391 .

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine condition/very good d.j.. 535pp. 24 cm. From the penny dreadful, which challenges seekers of sensation to discover the truth in a pattern of gory details; to the twentieth-century detective novel, which offers an intricate puzzle solved through the application of the intellect; to the crime novel, which probes the psyches of the characters, the crime and mystery genre offers readers an intellectual excitement unsurpassed by other forms of fiction. Now The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing provides scholars and fans of this genre with an authoritative yet playful compendium of knowledge about a literature known for its highly entertaining treatment of deadly serious puzzles. Editor Rosemary Herbert has brought together 666 articles--written by such authorities as Edward D. Hoch, Sara Paretsky, and the late Julian Symons--that will accompany readers in their armchair investigations. Here can be found informative biographies of great… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1999-12-16. hardcover. New. 6x2x9. Brand New, Gift condition.Tracking Number Included! We Ship Daily.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 1st edition, large 8vo, 535pp, VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.