Women of Mystery, The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists

483 Pages·2016·9.48 MB·English

by  Du Bose Martha Hailey

THE LIVES AND WORKS OF NOTABLE
WOMEN CRIME NOVELISTS
esse
Martha Hailey DaBose
WITH ADDITIONAL ESSAYS BY
Margaret Caldwell Thomas
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS
ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dubose, Martha Hailey.
Women of mystery : the lives and works of notable women crime novelists/
Martha Hailey DuBose ; with additional essays by Margaret C. Thomas.—1st ed.
p. cm.
"Thomas Dunne books."
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-312-20942-8
1. Detective and mystery stories, English—History and criticism. 2. Women novelists,
English—Biography. 3. Detective and mystery stories, English—Bio-bibliography.
4. Detective and mystery stories, American—History and criticism. 5. English
fiction—Women authors—History and criticism. 6. American fiction—Women
authors—History and criticism. 7. Women novelists, American—Biography. 8. Detective
and mystery stories, American—Bio-bibliography. 9. Women and literature—Great
Britain—History—20th century. 10. Women and literature—United States—History—20th
century. I. Thomas, Margaret C.
PR830.D4 D83 2000
823V0872099287—dc21
00-040240
First Edition: December 2000
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To Kate and Polly,
David and Kate