pt. 1. The history of the mystery : Beginnings -- Edgar Allan Poe -- The years that followed -- And then there was Holmes -- From Doyle to Christie -- The Queen -- The classical age -- Dashiell Hammett -- On Raymond Chandler -- Mike Hammer -- The police procedural -- The real detectives -- Female private eyes -- pt. 2. The making of the mystery : The mystery versus the novel -- Plots and people in mystery novels -- The series versus the non-series detective -- Background and research -- Why I don't outline.
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