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Fall 2008: The Golden Age of Mystery
Many people
consider the Golden Age of Mystery to be the years 1920 1950. In
the United States, Hammett and Chandler were defining the
hard-boiled private eye novel, while in England the traditional
whodunit thrived. Here are four early novels from four of the five
grand dames of the British Golden Age. |
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September 8 |
The
Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Agatha Christie
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October 13 |
Strong Poison
(1930) - Dorothy Sayers |
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November 3 |
A
Shilling for Candles (1936) Josephine Tey |
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December
8
(snowdate:
Mon, Dec 15) |
Dancers
in Mourning (1937) Margery Allingham |
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Spring
2009: Murder by the Book
The bibliomystery is a sub-genre of detective fiction, a story in
which a book or manuscript plays a pivotal role. Here are five
examples, each with a book and its author at the center of the
mystery. |
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January
12
(snowdate: Tues, Jan 20) |
Applebys
Answer
(1973) Michael Innes |
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February 9
(snowdate:
Tues, Feb 17)
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The Case of
the Missing Bronte
(1983)
Robert Barnard |
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March 9
(snowdate:
Mon, Mar 16)
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Booked to
Die
(1992) John Dunning |
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April 13 |
The Burglar
in the Library
(1997) Lawrence Block |
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May 11 |
A
Conventional Corpse
(2000) Joan Hess |