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Reviewed on September 1, 2011
Intended for book clubs, researchers, and librarians, this guide offers an introduction to crime writing's major players. Haynes (coauthor, Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging) opens with an enlightening survey of crime genres and subgenres, including mysteries, thrillers, and works of suspense. She follows this with alphabetized writer profiles, along with bibliographic listings of their works. Each entry contains representative quotations from each writer's work, allowing for a vivid glimpse of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More