Murder Will Out: The Detective in Fiction

by T.J. Binyon

Book Overview

Since the nineteenth century the detective has reigned as one of the most popular figures in fiction. The search to discover "whodunit" has seduced millions of readers into devouring page after page, as they try to anticipate how Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nero Wolfe, Philip Marlowe, or one of fiction's many other renowned sleuths will crack the case.
In "Murder Will Out," T.J. Binyon follows the trail of the detective in fiction from Edgar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192827308
• ISBN13: 9780192827302
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"