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Women Of Mystery: Leading Women Crime Novelists From Christie To James
Author: Dubose, Martha
Hardback; Book; Illustrations
478 pages
Published: July 2001
Saint Martin's Press Inc.
ISBN: 0312209428

A book that looks closely at ten of this century's most popular female practitioners of fictional mayhem -- and no genre owes more to its female writers. Women of Mystery goes behind the scenes to answer the questions that intrigue millions of mystery readers -- exploring, in greater detail than any popular biographical collection available, the private lives and public works of the women who make murder a household word.The list of authors begins with the first published woman mystery novelist, spinster and lawyer Anna Green. Also covered are Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, Josephine Tey, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James and Ruth Rendell.DuBose gives us full servings of fresh biographies, thoughtful criticisms,The life and crimes of the world's greatest and most beloved women mystery writers. Looking closely at ten of the UK's most popular female crime writers, this book explores their private lives and public works. The authors include the first female published mystery novelist Anna Green, as well as Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ruth Rendell and P.D. James.


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