The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader’s Indispensable Companion ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff & Jon L. Breen (Carroll & Graf, November 1993, 978-0881849721, 390pp, pb, oa)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Features interviews, essays, photographic layouts, and recommended reading lists, with contributions by such notables as Robert Bloch, Dorothy Cannell, and Bill Pronzini.
- 1 · Foreword · The Editors · fw
- 9 · My Life in Crime · Lawrence Block · ar
- 19 · Mysteries of New York · William L. DeAndrea · ar
- 22 · Some Notable New York Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms
- 23 · Los Angeles Mysteries · Jon L. Breen · ar
- 26 · Chicago as a Mystery Setting · Barbara D’Amato · ar
- 29 · Midwest Mysteries · Mary Helen Becker · ar
- 32 · Small-Town Mysteries · Jon L. Breen · ar
- 35 · Small Towns, Big Motives · Nancy Pickard · ar
- 35 · New England Mystery Authors · Kate Mattes · ar
- 41 · New England Blood · Marilis Hornidge · ar
- 44 · Southern Fried · Joan Hess · ar
- 47 · The Mystery of the Rocky Mountains · Marvin Lachman · ar
- 50 · Mysteries in the Southwest · Anne Wingate · ar
- 52 · Lone Star Crime · Bill Crider · ar
- 55 · The Florida Mystery Scene · Harrison Arnston · ar
- 58 · Notable Northern California Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 58 · The Ten Most Underrated Mystery Writers · [uncredited] · ms
- 63 · Interview: Barbara Michaels · T. Liam McDonald · iv [Ref. Barbara Michaels]
- 70 · P.D. James: A Taste for Death · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. P. D. James]
- 71 · Why Cozies? · Carolyn G. Hart · ar
- 74 · The Topical Mystery · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ar
- 76 · My First Book? · Dorothy B. Hughes · ar
- 79 · Searching for Agatha Christie · Carolyn G. Hart · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie]
- 82 · Mistress of Mayhem: The Best of Agatha Christie on Film · John McCarty · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie]
- 92 · Cats in Mysteries · Ellen Nehr · ar
- 94 · Dogs in Mysteries · Ellen Nehr · ar
- 97 · A Dogged Look at Lilian Jackson Braun · Donna Huston Murray · ar [Ref. Lilian Jackson Braun]
- 99 · The Status of Women in Mystery Fiction · K. K. Beck · ar
- 101 · Amanda Cross: Death in a Tenured Position · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Amanda Cross]
- 103 · John Dickson Carr: The Magician of the Locked Room · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr]
- 107 · The Doubleday Crime Club, 1928-1991 · Ellen Nehr · ar
- 110 · Traditionally Yours · Marilis Hornidge · ar
- 113 · Backgrounders · Marilis Hornidge · ar
- 116 · The Cornerstones of Crime · Angela & Barry T. Zeman · ar The Armchair Detective Fall 1992
- 121 · Sex and the Mystery · Elaine Raco Chase · ar
- 124 · It’s Murder on Stage · Barbara Paul · ar
- 128 · Does Anybody Love a Researcher? · Walter Albert · ar
- 131 · Twenty-Five Great Reads · [uncredited] · ms
- 132 · Twelve Overlooked Contemporary Writers · [uncredited] · ms
- 132 · The Twelve Most Important Spy Novels and Short-Story Collections · [uncredited] · ms
- 133 · Fifteen Contemporary Traditional Mystery Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 137 · Chester Himes and the Black Experience · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Chester Himes]
- 138 · Some Notable Novels About Black America · [uncredited] · ms
- 143 · The Jewish Mystery · Serita Stevens & Fanny Zindel · ar
- 148 · Saints Preserve Us: The Catholic Mystery · Ralph McInerny · ar
- 150 · Some Notable Religious Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms
- 156 · In the Tradition of…Herself · Marcia Muller · ar
- 157 · Ralph Dennis—The Science Fiction Writer? · David Everson · ar [Ref. Ralph Dennis]
- 160 · Twenty-Five Private Eye Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 165 · Interview: Sandra Scoppettone · Ed Gorman · iv [Ref. Sandra Scoppettone]
- 167 · The Gay and Lesbian Mystery · Mark Richard Zubro · ar
- 169 · Some Notable Gay Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms
- 173 · Two or Three Things You Should Know About British Crime Fiction · Maxim Jakubowski · ar
- 180 · Some Notable Modern British Mystery Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 181 · Some of My Characters Who Haunt Me · Margaret Yorke · ar
- 183 · The Origins of Charles Paris · Simon Brett · ar
- 185 · The Transplanted Brit · Dorothy Cannell · ar
- 188 · Humorous Crime, or Dead Funny · Mike Ripley · ar
- 194 · Building the Bates Motel · Robert Bloch · ar
- 200 · Twenty-Five Notable Dark Suspense Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 205 · Mary Roberts Rinehart · Charlotte MacLeod · ar [Ref. Mary Roberts Rinehart]
- 207 · Some Notable Women’s Suspense Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 214 · Evan Hunter on Writing Mysteries · John Pescatore · ar [Ref. Evan Hunter]
- 216 · Joseph Wambaugh: The Glitter Dome · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Joseph Wambaugh]
- 217 · A Cop’s View of Cop Books · Hugh Holton · ar
- 220 · Twenty-Five Police Procedurals · [uncredited] · ms
- 225 · Warning! Warning! Hitch-Hikers May Be Escaped Lunatics! · Stephen King · ar
- 228 · The Story of the Big Love · Lee Server · ar Paperback Parade #32, January 1993
- 233 · Serial Killers: A Motive for Murder · Brian Harper · ar
- 236 · Some Notable Serial-Killer Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 237 · Formula for the Past · Harold Adams · ar
- 239 · Twenty-Five Notable Noir Novels · [uncredited] · ms
- 243 · How I Came to Write “The Skin of Rabinowitz” and Other Literary Milestones · Warren Murphy · ar
- 248 · Some Notable Thrillers · [uncredited] · ms
- 251 · Writing the Young Adult Mystery Novel · Joan Lowery Nixon · ar
- 254 · Much Ado about Nancy Drew · Christina Mierau · ar
- 259 · Young Adult Mysteries: A Few “Must-Read” Winners · Sharron L. McElmeel · ar
- 267 · Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Janet Hutchings · ar
- 270 · Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine · Wendi Lee · ar
- 271 · Getting Started · Edward D. Hoch · ar
- 274 · Ten Classic Mystery Anthologies (historical) · [uncredited] · ms
- 274 · Ten Reprint Mystery Anthologies (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms
- 275 · Ten Original Mystery Anthologies (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms
- 276 · Twenty Distinguished Mystery Short Stories (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms
- 277 · The Fifteen Greatest Detective Short-Story Volumes Since Poe · [uncredited] · ms
- 277 · The Thirteen Greatest Mystery Anthologies · [uncredited] · ms
- 281 · Interview: Anne Wingate · Charles L. P. Silet · iv [Ref. Anne Wingate]
- 285 · True Crime: Stranger Than Fiction · Wendi Lee · ar
- 286 · Some Notable True Crime Books · [uncredited] · ms
- 289 · Who Reviews? · Carole Nelson Douglas · ar
- 293 · Whine and Kvetch, Anyone? · Bill Pronzini · ar Mystery Scene #37, 1992
- 296 · Critical Contrasts · Walter & Jean Shine · ar
- 297 · Beginning a New Series · Margaret Maron · ar
- 299 · On the Road with Thelma and Louise · Joan Hess · ar
- 301 · A Modest Proposal for the Categorization of Mysteries · Lawrence Block · ar
- 302 · “Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?” · Michael Seidman · ar
- 307 · An Overview of Mystery Fandom · Robert Napier · ar
- 309 · Conventions: Malice and Mayhem in Numbers · Janet A. Rudolph · ar
- 312 · A Dinner to Die For · Janet A. Rudolph · ar
- 315 · Interview: Allen J. Hubin · Steven A. Stilwell · iv [Ref. Allen J. Hubin]
- 320 · Fifteen Best Private Eye Movies · [uncredited] · ms
- 321 · Solving the Mystery of Murder, She Wrote · Marlys Millhiser · ar
- 323 · Jessica Is Nancy Drew Grown Up · Margaret C. Albert · ar
- 324 · The Eleven Greatest Mystery Films · [uncredited] · ms
- 324 · The Twelve Greatest Television Detective Series · [uncredited] · ms
- 327 · The Fine Comic Art of Murder · Max Allan Collins · ar
- 334 · Recommended Reading List · [uncredited] · ms
- 337 · Norbert Davis: An Appreciation · John D. MacDonald · ar 1988 [Ref. Norbert Davis]
written as introduction to The Adventures of Max Latin by Norbert Davis (Mysterious Press).
- 340 · Gold Medal Days · Vin Packer · ar
- 343 · The Golden Era of Gold Medal Books · George Tuttle · ar Paperback Parade #33, March 1993
- 351 · The Golden Harvest: 25 Cent Paperbacks · Ed Gorman · ar
- 360 · Fifteen Greatest Crooks and Rogues · [uncredited] · ms
- 361 · Fifty Favorite Great Gold Medal Crime Classics · [uncredited] · ms
- 365 · Mystery Writers of America, Inc.…A Historical Story · Angela & Barry T. Zeman · ar
- 369 · Who Are All of These Sisters in Crime? · Elaine Raco Chase · ar
- 371 · The Private Eye Writers of America · Jan Grape · ar
- 373 · For Professionals Only…The American Crime Writers League · Charlotte MacLeod · ar
- 377 · The Care and Feeding of a Mystery Bookstore · Jan Grape · ar
- 382 · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg
- 386 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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