by Leroy Lad Panek
University of Wisconsin Press, 1987
Cloth: 978-0-87972-377-4 | Paper: 978-0-87972-378-1
Library of Congress Classification PN3448.D4P36 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification 823.087209

ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, modern English well-suited to a genre which has traditionally broken ground in terms of aggressive writing, contemporary scenarios, and tough dialogue.