Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis o...

Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. ...

Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19thcentury wit...

Although the classic tales of mystery have faded from popular culture, avid collectors and catalo...

Dashiell Hammett, like most successful writers, honed his skills in the trenches. Long before The...

The appearance of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine in 1891 began a stampede of writers who ...

In English and American cultures, detective fiction has a long and illustrious history. Its origi...

Beginning in the 1970s, a new generation of writers took over the hard-boiled story (created by R...

This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, mod...

American crime fiction has developed into writing that has a commitment to democracy and the demo...

Detective stories should be examined from a literary point of view, with special attention to lit...