Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion

Published by Workman, NY, 1977

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Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA

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8.5"x11.25". 522 indexed numbered pages. Red boards w/black letters stamped on front and spine. Design: PPaul Hanson. Cover photo: Jerry Darvin. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/vanilla tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Mended tears to edges of DJ. Price covers secure ship in box w/track #. For mystery addicts there are answers to questions that have tantalized readers for years: Who wrote the most mysteries? Who used the most pseudonyms? Which has more murders, Cambridge or Oxford? (Did Harvard have a homicide, too?) Where did the term "red herrings" originate? Who drank more - Spade, Archer, or Marlowe? Exactly how many little grey cells did Poirot have? Who is the biggest snob - Peter Wimsey or Philo Vance? And finally, the great debate - who is better at disposing of the body, the English or the Americans? For mystery novices there is: the history of the mystery from Poe to the present; a subject guide to mysteries; the ten most overrated mystery stories of all time; how to behave at a mystery writer's autograph party; lists of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners who wrote mysteries. For true crime buffs there are articles on every aspect of forensics, from dentistry to anthropology; confessions of hangmen and assistant DAs; tailing techniques of a private eye and memoirs of a house dick; visits to the barrister's wigmaker and to Scotland Yard's Black Museum; tours to mystery locations in New York and London. Over 150 original, entertaining, and illustrated articles by eminent mystery writers, teachers, psychiatrists, scientists, ex-spies, and fans in totally unrelated fields make MURDER INK the last word about murder fiction.…

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Title
Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion
Author
Winn, Dilys (1939-2015)
Publisher
Workman, NY
Publication year
1977
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover_boards
Item weight
3.13 pounds
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Fiction, Reference: Dictionaries / Thesaurus'

Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA

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