Mystery Detective Fiction category: 469 books

JO NESBO BOOKS IN ORDER How To Make Great Thrillers Even Better! 2019 Edition: This is the most comprehensive Jo Nesbo book order and checklist available. It's a complete bibliography and biography, which includes: • Harry Hole books in order • Blood On Snow books in order •...

James Patterson is the world's best selling fiction order and if you are going to start reading his books then you are going to need a companion to know which is the best and which order they are in. This is that companion that you need. One in a series of "AuthorI" books by Ian Rodwell, go get your other copies now!

Film noir_literally 'black cinema'_is the label customarily given to a group of black and white American films, mostly crime thrillers, made between 1940 and 1959. Today there is considerable dispute about what are the shared features that classify a noir film, and therefore which films should be...

Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this is "an excellent biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes" (David Walton, The New York Times Book Review) This fresh, compelling biography examines the extraordinary life and strange contrasts of Sir Arthur Conan...

Who is Jack Ryan? Lowly analyst, James Bondian secret agent, President of the United States? All of the above? Or is he just Tom Clancy's mouthpiece for what is right and wrong with politics and policy today? What impact did Red Storm Rising have on Ronald Reagan's policy for dealing with the...

Another in the "The Author" series by Ian Rodwell. Reviews of all of the Dick Francis novels (together with some with or by his son Felix) all in one handy volume. Great racing reads that will thrill you from beginning to end. Get this companion book if you are going to read Dick's novels....

JAMES LEE BURKE BOOKS IN ORDER How To Make Great Thrillers Even Better! 2019 Edition: This is the most comprehensive James Lee Burke book order and checklist available. It's a complete bibliography and biography, which includes: • Dave Robicheaux books in order • Hackberry...

Are you ready to start reading a new author's books, then why not get this book companion of reviews of Kathy Reich's books before you start. One in a series, why not check out the other "Fan's Review" books in the series, by Ian Rodwell?

The word "Noir" is used here in its loosest sense: every major living American writer is considered (including the giants Harlan Coben, Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky, as well as non-crime writers such as Stephen King who stray into the genre), often through...

James M. Cain wrote some of the grittiest novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker is a critical overview of the author's life, work, and legacy. An updated and expanded edition...

Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging from novels (Pynchon's Vineland, Silko's Almanac of the Dead, Pierce's The Turner Diaries) to prison literature,...

Prominent Sherlockians have collected all of the facts, trivia, and quotes that remind readers why Sherlock Holmes is such an important literary creationExploring the fascinating and enigmatic world of Sherlock Holmes, this miscellany examines his place in literary history, his popularity, and how...

VAL MCDERMID BOOKS IN ORDER How To Make Great Thrillers Even Better! 2019 Edition: This is the most comprehensive Val McDermid book order and checklist available. It's a complete bibliography and biography, which includes: • Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books in order • Lindsay...

Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue--centered...