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Author
Publisher
Collins Crime Club
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
724 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction.
"The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description.
Detective stories of the twenties and thirties have long been stereotyped as cozily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth: some explore forensic pathology and serial...
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