02471cam a2200397 a 4500 17206748 20250703155539.0 120312s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 2012008956 9780470657034 cloth 9780470657041 pbk. 17206748 DLC DLC DLC pcc e-uk--- n-us--- e-sw--- PN3448.D4 M435 2013 809.3872 MES Messent, Peter B. 129417 The crime fiction handbook / Peter Messent. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. x, 262 p. ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Blackwell literature handbooks Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index. The politics, main forms, and key concerns of crime fiction. The politics of crime fiction; The types of crime fiction; Classical detective fiction; Hard-boiled detective fiction; The police novel; Transgressor fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts. Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley; Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo. Detective and mystery stories History and criticism. 129418 Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism. 129419 Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism. 129420 Detective and mystery stories, Swedish History and criticism. 129421 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 614114 614114 0 0 ddc 0 0 NLS NLS 2025-07-03 0 809.3872 MES NLS-3158 2025-07-03 2025-07-03 BK