Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel : a History

ISBN-10
0333570499
ISBN-13
9780333570494
Series
Bloody Murder
Category
Crime in literature
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
1992
Author
Julian Symons

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