Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Chronology
- Introduction
- 1 The Detective Whodunnit from Poe to the First World War
- 2 The Detective Whodunnit from Christie to the Present
- 3 The Noir Thriller
- 4 The Hero-Thriller
- 5 Private Eyes: The Detective Thriller
- 6 Serial-killer Fiction and Other Developments
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Chronology
- Introduction
- 1 The Detective Whodunnit from Poe to the First World War
- 2 The Detective Whodunnit from Christie to the Present
- 3 The Noir Thriller
- 4 The Hero-Thriller
- 5 Private Eyes: The Detective Thriller
- 6 Serial-killer Fiction and Other Developments
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Crime Fictionfrom Poe to the present, pp. i - ivPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2013