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Places for Dead Bodies
University of Texas Press, 2000 eISBN: 978-0-292-79832-8 | Paper: 978-0-292-73130-1 | Cloth: 978-0-292-73127-1 Library of Congress Classification PS374.P57H38 2000 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.08720932
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries. Indeed, the sense of place, no less than the compelling character of the detective, is often what keeps authors writing and readers reading a particular series of mystery novels. This book investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place. Gary Hausladen delves into the work of more than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman, Martin Cruz Smith, James Lee Burke, David Lindsey, P. D. James, and many others. Arranging the authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and selected locales in other parts of the world, as well as in historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo. See other books on: Detective and mystery stories, American | Detective and mystery stories, English | English-speaking countries | Mystery & Detective | Popular literature See other titles from University of Texas Press |
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Places for Dead Bodies
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Texas Press, 2000
eISBN: 978-0-292-79832-8
Paper: 978-0-292-73130-1
Cloth: 978-0-292-73127-1
eISBN: 978-0-292-79832-8
Paper: 978-0-292-73130-1
Cloth: 978-0-292-73127-1
From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries. Indeed, the sense of place, no less than the compelling character of the detective, is often what keeps authors writing and readers reading a particular series of mystery novels.
This book investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place. Gary Hausladen delves into the work of more than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman, Martin Cruz Smith, James Lee Burke, David Lindsey, P. D. James, and many others. Arranging the authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and selected locales in other parts of the world, as well as in historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
