An easy-to-use checklist for mystery readers & collectors. Includes the complete crime works of 100 distinguished writers of crime fiction: Raymond Chandler, Rex Stout, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, John le Carre, Josephine Tey, Georges Simenon, Ruth Rendell, PD James, Lawrence Block, Tony Hillerman, John D. MacDonald, & more...Exceptionally useful - attractive straightforward presentation - convenient format. The reader can tick off boxes to keep track of books he owns, books he has read, & books he wants to find. Helps the reader avoid buying duplicate copies of the same book. Space for the serious collector to keep track of dustjackets, 1st editions, etc. A nice feature is an appendix containing an extensive Directory of Mystery Booksellers. The COPPERFIELD CHECKLIST OF MYSTERY AUTHORS is Volume Two in THE COPPERFIELD COLLECTION - a handy series of checklists for mystery aficionadoes - designed to help them keep track of their book collections.
CASE OF THE VIOLENT VIRGIN, THE (Avallone) (R) 1/2/46 CASE OF THE WORRIED WAITRESS, THE (Gardner) (R) 1/4/54 CASE OF TOO MANY MURDERS, THE (Chastain) (TAR) 12/2/59-60 CASE WITH FOUR CLOWNS (Bruce) (R) 10/1/82 CASE WITH NO CONCLUSION ...
Covering a broad spectrum of primary and secondary reference resources about mystery and detective fiction, this annotated bibliography focuses on all print and key electronic sources in the field that...
This new edition of Bleiler's popular and award-winning guide is a superb reference and research tool, as well as an invaluable aid to collection development. Evaluative reviews of approximately 1,000...
The Year's Best Mystery & Suspense Stories
The original What About Murder? (1981) identified and annotated 239 books about mystery and detective fiction published through the end of 1981. In slightly more than a decade, the production...
Essays argue whether detective stories are a legitimate genre of literature, an enjoyable self-indulgence, a mirror of society, or a waste of time