(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Collins Crime Club
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction.
"The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Plants, borders, and various horticultural paraphernalia make surprisingly frequent appearances in mystery plots. In this wide-ranging survey of classic and contemporary murder fiction, Marta looks at the detectives, motives, methods, opportunities, and writers that have used the garden as their point of departure. The result is a diverting and eye-opening study that deepens our appreciation of the great crime fiction writers while illuminating the...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were recently voted the top mystery series of all time, and they have enthralled generations of readers--and writers. Now, Laurie R. King, author of the bestselling Mary Russell series in which Holmes plays a costarring role, and Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, have assembled a stellar group of contemporary authors from a variety of genres and asked them to create...
11) Belfast noir
Series
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lee Child, Eoin McNamee, and others explore the dark corners and alleyways of Belfast.
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Language
English
Description
Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterization, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique. These and other insights into how he writes emerge in an extended interview with his long-time friend and fellow author Ernie Bulow. An autobiographical piece by Hillerman details his early years in Oklahoma, first encounters with Navajo culture, and his eventual life as journalist and author....
14) Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: hideouts, haunts, and havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries
Author
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A reference and visitor's guide containing entries for all places mentioned in Tony Hillerman's southwestern mysteries. It provides location, historical information, the meaning of Navajo and Hopi names, and where a place appears in the mysteries.
Series
Publisher
Vintage Crime / Black Lizard : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Edgar Award-winning editor Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood hits are made of. He delivers the director's cut of classic short stories that inspired some of Tinsletown's most memorable films. ... Including... works by:Authors include: Edgar Allan Poe, Cornell Woolrich, Aldous Huxley, Ian Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson, Budd Schulberg, O. Henry, W. Somerset Maugham, and many more.--
Author
Series
Creeps volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Language
English
Description
When Jarvis is attacked by a troll, the Creeps are set to investigate, believing that the monsters may be behind Pumpkin County's gossip website, which spews out alarmist messages and misinformation, causing the entire town to stress.
Publisher
Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Features new stories in which characters take the law into their own hands in search of vengeance, with contributions by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaughter as well as up-and-coming new writers in the field.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase or request to borrow from another library outside of the Yavapai Library Network via inter-library loan (ILL). Suggest a purchase or ILL
