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"L.A. Noir: The City As Character" [2005] by Alain Silver & James Ursini Santa Monica Press 8½x11 pb [10/2005] for $14.56 |
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"Scene of the Crime: Photographs From The L.A.P.D. Archive" [2004] Essay by Tim B. Wride; Foreword by L.A.P.D. Chief William J. Bratton, Introduction by James Ellroy Harry N. Abrams 13½x8.3 hardcover [10/2004] for $23.80 |
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"Heartbreak and Vine" [2003] by Woody Haut Serpent's Tail 8½x5¼ pb [4/2003] for $11.90 |
 | "Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald - A Literary Reference" [2002] Edited by Matthew Bruccoli & Richard Layman Carroll & Graf 10x7 pb [7/2002] for $15.40 BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] Pages BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Ross Macdonald [1915-83] Page |
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"Black & White & Noir: America's Pulp Modernism" [2002] by Paula Rabinowitz Columbia Univ Press 9x6.3 pb [7/2002] for $18.50 Columbia Univ Press hardcover [7/2002] for $49.50 |
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"Bad Girls of Pulp Fiction" [2002]
Running Press 3½x3 miniature [3/2002] for $4.95 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action" [2001] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski Carroll & Graf 11¼x4¾ pb [12/2001] for $9.56 |
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"Gumshoe America: Hard Boiled Crime Fiction & The Rise & Fall of New Deal Liberalism" [2000] by Sean McCann Duke Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [11/2000] for $24.95 Duke Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $89.95 |
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"Adventure House Guide To The Pulps: A Checklist of The Pulp Magazine Era" [2000] by John Gunnison, John Locke & Doug Ellis Adventure House pb [7/2000] out of print/used |
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"Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers & Pulp Magazines" [2000] by Erin A. Smith Temple Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2000] for $15.96 |
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"America Noir: Underground Writers & Filmmakers of The Postwar Era" [2000] by David Cochran Smithsonian Inst. Press 9x6½ hardcover [5/2000] for $22.36 |
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"Sins of The City: The Real Los Angeles Noir" [1999] by Jim Heimann Chronicle Books 10x7½ pb [7/99] for $13.27 |
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"Detective Agency: Women Rewriting The Hard-Boiled Tradition" [1999] by Priscilla L. Walton & Manina Jones Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [5/99] for $18.95 Univ CA Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/99] out of print/used |
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"Neon Noir: Contemporary American Crime Fiction" [1999] by Woody Haut Serpents Tail 8½x5 pb [4/99] for $13.59 |
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"The Big Book of Noir" [1998] Edited by Ed Gorman, Lee Server & Martin H. Greenberg Carroll & Graf 10x7¼ pb [10/98] out of print/used |
 | "Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks & The Masters of Noir" [1997] by Geoffrey O'Brien DaCapo Press 9x6 pb [4/97] for $13.56 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction" [1996] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski Carroll & Graf 11¼x4¾ pb [8/96] for $9.56 |
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"Pulp Culture: Hardboiled Fiction & The Cold War" [1996] by Woody Haut Serpents Tail 8x5½ pb [4/96] for $12.79 |
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"The Dime Detectives" [1988] by Ron Goulart Mysterious Press 8¾x6 hardcover [11/88] out of print/many used |
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"The Hardboiled Explicator: A Guide To The Study of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Macdonald" [1985] by Robert E. Skinner Scarecrow Press pb [9/2002] for $24.95 Scarecrow Press pb [2/85] out of print/used BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] Pages BlackHat Mystery Bookstore Ross Macdonald [1915-83] Page |
Books About Mystery Fiction
books on writing mystery fiction at Amazon
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"Talking About Detective Fiction" [2009]  by P.D. James Penguin U.K. 8½x5¼ pb [10/2009] out of print/used Knopf 7½x4¾ hardcover [12/2009] for $14.66 |
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"Detecting Men: Masculinity and The Hollywood Detective Film" [2006] by Philippa Gates SUNY Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2006] for $30.95 SUNY Press 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $89.50 |
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"Booze and The Private Eye: Alcohol In The Hard-Boiled Novel" [2004] by Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [8/2004] for $35.00 |
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"The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing The Modern Whodunit" [2004] by William G. Tapply Poisoned Pen Press 8½x5½ pb [5/2004] for $11.53 |
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"How To Write A Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide From Inspiration To Finished Manuscript" [2004] by James N. Frey St. Martin 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2004] for $15.61 |
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"Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of The 1940s & 1950s" [2003] by Jeffrey Marks Delphi Books 9½x6 hardcover [9/2003] for $21.95 |
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"The Classic Era of Crime Fiction" [2002] by Peter Haining Chicago Review Press 11¾x9 pb [9/2002] for $35.00 |
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"The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction" [2002] by Mike Ashley Carroll & Graf 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2002] for $9.71 |
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"They Died In Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated & Forgotten Mystery Novels" [2002] Edited by Jim Huang Crum Creek Press 8x5 pb [4/2002] for $10.40 |
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"Writing Mysteries: A Handbook By The Mystery Writers of America" [1976; 2nd edition 2002] Edited by Sue Grafton Writers Digest 9x6 pb [4/2002] for $11.04 M.W.A. hardcover [10/2002] out of print/used |
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"The History of Mystery" [2001] by Max Allan Collins Collectors Press 12¼x11¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $38.25 |
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"100 Favorite Mysteries of The Century" [2000] Edited by Jim Huang Crum Creek Press pb[12/2000] for $9.60 |
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"The Oxford Companion To Crime & Mystery Writing" [1999] Edited by Rosemary Herbert Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¾ hardcover [12/99] out of print/used |
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"The Encyclopedia of Murder & Mystery" [1999] by Bruce F. Murphy Palgrave Macmillan 9¼x7½ pb [2/2002] for $17.47 Palgrave Macmillan 9¾x8 hardcover [12/99] out of print/used |
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"You Can Write A Mystery" [1999] by Gillian Roberts Writers Digest Books 9x6 pb [8/99] for $10.39 |
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"Killer Books: A Reader's Guide To Exploring The Popular World of Mystery & Suspense" [1998] by Jean Swanson & Dean James Berkley Trade 9¼x6 pb [4/98] out of print/many used |
 | "Detecting Men: A Readers Guide & Checklist For Mystery Series Written By Men" [1997] by Willetta L. Heising Purple Moon Press 11x8½ pb [3/98] out of print/many used 'Pocket Guide' edition [3/97] out of print/used |
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"The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction" [1996] by Stephen F. Soitos Univ MA Press 9½x6 pb [2/96] for $21.95 Univ MA Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used |
 | "Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime & Suspense Fiction" [1995] Edited by Paula L. Woods Main Street Books 8¼x5½ pb [11/96] out of print/used Doubleday 9x8¼ hardcover [11/95] out of print/used |
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"Detecting Women: A Readers Guide & Checklist For Mystery Series Written by Women" [orig 1995; 3rd edition 1999] by Willetta L. Heising Purple Moon Press pb [12/99] out of print/used Purple Moon Press 11&fracx8¾ hardcover [12/99] out of print/used 'Pocket Guide' edition [10/98] out of print/used |
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"Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide To The Art of Detection In Print, Film, Radio & Television" [1994] by William L. DeAndrea The first such volume since 1975; reviewers complain of missing authors & characters & TV shows, but no review faults the book's accuracy. Macmillan 9½x5½ pb [5/97] out of print/used John Wiley & Sons 9¾x8 hardcover [9/94] out of print/many used |
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"Femmes Fatales: Feminism, Film Criticism, Psychoanalysis" [1991] by Mary Ann Doane Routledge 9x6 pb [8/91] for $20.99 Routledge hardcover [8/91] out of print/used |
 | "The Woman Detective: Gender & Genre" [1988] by Kathleen Gregory Klein Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [2/95] for $18.95 Univ IL Press hardcover [1988] out of stock/used |
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"Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books" [1987] by H. R. F. Keating Carroll & Graf 8x5½ pb [1/97] for $8.96 Carroll & Graf hardcover [11/87] out of print/used |
"Sons of Sam Spade: The Private-Eye Novel In The Seventies" [1980]
by David Geherin
Continuum pb [1/83] out of print/used
Ungar hardcover [3/80] out of print/used
"The Complete Detective: Being The Life and Strange & Exciting Cases
of Raymond Schindler, Master Detective" [1950]
by Rupert Hughes
recommended by Erle Stanley Gardner
Sheridan House hardcover [1/1950] out of print/used
Technical Books
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"Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, First U.K. Edition" [2010] by William Tilstone Routledge/Auerbach hardcover [DUE Dec 2010] >> sign up for notification |
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"Forensics For Dummies" [2004] by Douglas P. Lyle, MD nominated for an Edgar Award For Dummies 9¼x7¼ pb [4/2004] for $13.59 |
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Forensics: Discover How Crimes Are Solved Through Science & Detection" [2003] by Alan Axelrod & Guy Antinozzi Alpha Books 2nd edition 9x7¼ pb [9/2007] out of print/used |
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Criminal Investigation" [2002] by Alan Axelrod & Guy Antinozzi Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [7/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide For Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists & Attorneys" [2000] by John Harris Trestrail III Humana Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [4/2007] for $44.95 Humana Press 2nd edition 9x6 hardcover [4/2007] for $89.95 Humana Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation" textbook [orig 1949] by Barry A.J. Fisher Routledge/Auerbach 8th edition hardcover [DUE Oct 2010] for $99.95 
CRC Press 7th edition hardcover [9/2003] for $79.17 "Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Seventh Edition, Interactive Training CD-ROM" CRC Press CD-ROM [6/2004] for $90.37 |
 | "Homicide Investigation: Practical Information For Coroners, Police Officers & Other Investigators" [orig 1944] by Dr. Lemoyne Snyder recommended often by Erle Stanley Gardner Charles C. Thomas 3rd edition pb [9/77] for $52.95 Charles C. Thomas 3rd edition hardcover [9/77] out of print/used |
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