British Women Mystery Writers: Authors of Detective Fiction with Female Sleuths

by Mary Hadley

Many aspects of British detective fiction are intriguingly different from the American detective fiction. And, confusingly, many of the British women detectives who have made it to American television are far from typical of the latest women detectives.

This work is a study of British detective fiction with female protagonists written by women. Authors included are P.D. James, Jennie Melville, Liza Cody, Val McDermid, Joan Smith and Susan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786412429
• ISBN13: 9780786412426
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher