The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction / 
[edited] by Deane Mansfield-Kelley, Lois A. Marchino. 
 - New York :  Pearson/Longman,  c2005. 
 - xiii, 482 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 477) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Critical essay : Murder at large / John Ball -- Part I: The amateur detective.  Critical essays and commentaries.  From "The puzzle-game" / Patricia D. Maida and Nicholas B. Spornick -- The many guises of the contemporary amateur detective / Nancy Ellen Talburt and Juana R. Young -- Stories.  The Murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Silver Blaze / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Witness for the Prosecution / Agatha Christie -- The Haunted Policeman / Dorothy L. Sayers -- "My Queer Dean" / Ellery Queen -- The House in Goblin Wood / John Dickson Carr -- Deborah's Judgment / Margaret Maron -- Nine Lives to Live / Sharyn McCrumb -- Cold Turkey / Diane Mott Davidson -- Revised Endings / Jan Burke -- Part II: The private investigator.  Critical essays and commentaries.  The simple art of murder / Raymond Chandler -- From "Grafton's Place in the Development of the Detective Novel" / Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay -- Stories.  The Gutting of Couffignal / Dashiell Hammett -- Trouble Is My Business / Raymond Chandler -- The Parker Shotgun / Sue Grafton -- Skin Deep / Sara Paretsky -- And Pray Nobody Sees You / Gar Anthony Haywood -- Going Home / S. J. Rozan -- Part III: The police.  Critical essays and commentaries.  From "The Police Novel" / LeRoy Lad Panek -- The 87th Precinct / Ed McBain -- Stories.  The Hunt Ball / Freeman Wills Crofts -- Inspector Maigret Deduces / Georges Simenon -- Sadie When She Died / Ed McBain -- Chee's Witch / Tony Hillerman -- The Dean's Curse / Ian Rankin -- Under Suspicion / Clark Howard -- Missing in Action / Peter Robinson -- Appendix A: Notable annual awards for mystery and detective fiction -- Appendix B: Bibliography of critical essays and commentaries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0321195019 9780321195012 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004009462 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, American.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, English.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism.--English-speaking countries<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism.--English speaking countries
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 648 .D4  / L66 2005