The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
Hillerman, author of the Joe Leaphorn mysteries, and Herbert, editor of The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, trace this short-story genre from its beginnings in the hands of Edgar Allen Poe through its development by the likes of Erle Stanley Gardner, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Anthony Boucher to its current practice by such masters as Marcia Muller. Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which established a great many of the whodunit conventions, is indispensable to such an overview. Raymond Chandler's "I'll be Waiting" emits a doom-laden atmosphere right from the first line; William Faulkner shows unexpected economy of language?and a transparent plot?in "An Error in Chemistry." Ed McBain scores high marks in "Small Homicide," in which the tiny details of a baby's untimely death resonate uncomfortably. As represented in this competent, unstartling collection, Linda Barnes ("Lucky Penny") easily outsasses Sue Grafton ("The Parker Shotgun"). Hillerman makes a solid ap...Author: Gardner Erle Stanley, Mcbain Ed, Poe Edgar Allan, Woolrich Cornell, Pronzini Bill, Grafton Sue, Gault William Campbell, Hoch Edward D., Stout Rex, Faulkner William, Queen Ellery, Harte Bret, Futrelle Jacques, Post Melville Davisson, Green Anna Katharine, Reeve Arthur B., Glaspell Susan, Daly Carroll John, Stagg Clinton H., Sale Richard, Eberhart Mignon G., Chandler Raymond, Carr John Dickson, Rinehart Mary Roberts, Bellem Robert Leslie, Rawson Clayton, Stribling T. S., Boucher Anthony, Macdonald Ross, Davis Dorothy Salisbury, Barnes Linda, Hillerman Tony, Muller Marcia, Herbert Rosemary
Genre: Detective
Number of pages: 937
Reading time: 15 h. 37 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
