Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists
- ISBN-10
- 0312209428
- ISBN-13
- 9780312209421
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 467
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-12-11
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Martha Hailey DuBose, Margaret C. Thomas
Description
A collection of biographical vignettes focuses on the best female mystery writers in the business, including lawyer Anna Green, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Josephine Tey, and Margery Allingham.
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