The World's Finest Mystery... (5 page)

 

 

HAUSLADEN, GARY.
Places for Dead Bodies
. Austin: University of Texas Press. Locales used by more than thirty leading mystery writers.

 

 

HAZZARD, SHIRLEY.
Greene on Capri
. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. A memoir of Graham Greene's frequent visits to Capri and the people he knew there.

 

 

KING, STEPHEN.
On Writing: A Memoir of a Craft
. New York: Scribner. An account of King's early life, the writing of his books, his views of other writers, and his near-fatal accident.

 

 

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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing
. New York: Book of the Month Club. Twenty essays, book introductions, interviews, and short stories on writing, including a long excerpt on horror fiction from
Danse Macabre
. Introduction by Peter Straub.

 

 

KRAMER, JOHN E.
Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction.
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Scarecrow Press. A bibliography of 483 mystery novels, 1910–1998, with college or university settings.

 

 

LACHMAN, MARVIN.
The American Regional Mystery
. Minneapolis & San Francisco: Crossover Press. A detailed survey of regional mysteries, with chapters covering each state as well as major cities and vacation areas.

 

 

LANDRUM, LARRY.
American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide
. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. A history of the genre and its various subgenres, with sections on major authors and reference works.

 

 

MERRILL, HUGH.
The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald
. New York: St. Martin's. A biography of the mystery writer, creator of Travis McGee.

 

 

NICHOLS, VICTORIA & SUSAN THOMPSON.
Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder
. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Scarecrow Press. An expanded survey of series characters created by women mystery authors, 1867–1997.

 

 

NICKERSON, CATHERINE ROSS.
The Web of Inequity: Early Detective Fiction by American Women
. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. A study of early women mystery writers in this country.

 

 

PASCAL, JANET.
Arthur Conan Doyle
. New York: Oxford University Press. A new biography of Sherlock Holmes's creator.

 

 

PENZLER, OTTO.
Cornell Woolrich, Part II (William Irish & George Hopley).
New York: The Mysterious Bookshop. A descriptive bibliography and price guide to first editions. One of a series of booklets for collectors.

 

 

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John P. Marquand's Mr. Moto
. New York: The Mysterious Bookshop. A descriptive bibliography and price guide to first editions.

 

 

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101 Greatest Movies of Mystery & Suspense
. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Direct. A listing, with credits and extensive commentary on each film.

 

 

PHILLIPS, GENE D.
Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. An analysis of Chandler's work in fiction, screenwriting, and on film. Preface by Billy Wilder.

 

 

SALLIS, JAMES.
Chester Himes: A Biography
. New York: Walker. A biography of the creator of Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.

 

 

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Difficult Lives
. Brooklyn: Gryphon Books. Revised edition of a 1993 study on the life and work of noir authors Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and Chester Himes.

 

 

SARJEANT, WILLIAM A. S.
A Policeman In Post-War Paris: The Saturnin Dax Novels of Marten Cumberland
. South Benfleet, Essex, England: Geoff Bradley. A forty-four-page booklet about the series.

 

 

THOMAS, RONALD R.
Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science
. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. How the development of forensic science was intertwined with the evolution of the detective story.

 

 

VANDERBURGH, GEORGE A.
R. Austin Freeman: The Anthropologist at Large, Thorndyke cholarship and Pastiches
. Shelburne, Ontario, Canada: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Volume 11 of The R. Austin Freeman Omnibus Edition, containing a 1980 biography by Oliver Mayo together with nearly one hundred articles by various authors, reprinted mainly from
The Thorndyke File,
and four pastiches.

 

 

WILLEFORD, CHARLES.
Writing and Other Blood Sports
. Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan, Essays, interviews, and reviews, eleven previously unpublished, by the late crime writer.

 

 

WINDRATH, HELEN, ed.
They Wrote the Book: 13 Women Mystery Writers Tell All.
Duluth, MN: Spinsters Ink. Essays on how they write.

 

 

Obituaries

 

 

STEVE ALLEN (1921–2000). Comedian and talk-show host who published ten show-business mysteries (at least some ghost-written), as well as three collections of short stories, some criminous.

 

 

EDWARD ANHALT (1914–2000). Oscar-winning screenwriter for
Becket
, who also published some twenty-five crime stories in the pulps, most under the name of "Andrew Holt."

 

 

THOMAS BABE (1941–2000). Mainstream playwright who published two suspense plays in the 1970s,
Billy Irish
and
A Prayer for My Daughter
.

 

 

CONRAD VOSS BARK (1913–2000). British journalist who published seven novels about sleuth William Holmes, 1962–68.

 

 

DAVID BEATY (1919–1999). British author of eight thrillers, notably
Cone of Silence
(1959), plus three others as by "Paul Stanton."

 

 

KENNETH BENTON (1909–1999). British author of eight intrigue novels, notably
Spy in Chancery
(1972), plus two others as by "James Kirton."

 

 

H. S. BHABRA (1955–2000). Indian/British banker residing in Canada, author of two suspense novels under his own name and two others under the pseudonym of "A. M. Kabal."

 

 

LEONARD BODIN (1911–1999). British author of a single crime novel, …
And the Body Came Too
(1946).

 

 

ARTYOM BOROVIK (1960–2000). Russian journalist and mystery writer, head of the Russian branch of the International Association of Crime Writers.

 

 

ROBERT (WRIGHT) CAMPBELL (1927–2000). Novelist and screenwriter who published some thirty mystery novels, including five as R. Wright Campbell and one as "F. G. Clinton," notably the Edgar-winning
The Junkyard Dog
(1986) and
In La-La Land We Trust
(1986).

 

 

MORRIS CARGILL (1914–2000). Jamaican journalist and radio commentator who coauthored three mysteries with John Hearne, under the pseudonym of "John Morris."

 

 

SARAH CAUDWELL (1939–2000). Well-known British lawyer and author who produced four well-received novels beginning with
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
(1981). The final novel,
The Sybil in Her Grave,
was published posthumously.

 

 

MARIAN COCKRELL (1909–1999). Coauthor, with her late husband, Frank, of a 1944 suspense novel
Dark Waters
, based on her film script. She also published a solo suspense novel,
Something Between
(1946), and later was a scriptwriter for the Alfred Hitchcock television series.

 

 

ROBERT CORMIER (1925–2000). Acclaimed author of novels for young adults including the suspense novel
I Am the Cheese
(1977), as well as the adult suspense novel
After the First Death
(1979).

 

 

SIR JULIAN CRITCHLEY (1930–2000). Member of the British Parliament and author of two suspense novels in the early 1990s, unpublished in America.

 

 

ALICE CROMIE (1914–2000). Travel writer and widow of bookman Robert Cromie, she wrote a single mystery novel,
Lucky to Be Alive
(1979).

 

 

GUY CULLINGFORD (1907–2000). Pseudonym of British author Constance Lindsay Taylor, who published nine mystery and detective novels, notably
Post Mortem
(1953).

 

 

FREDERIC DARD (1921–2000). Journalist who wrote more than 150 novels in French about Paris police superintendent "San Antonio," using his character's name as his pseudonym. About a dozen have been translated into English.

 

 

L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP (1907–2000). Famed science fiction author who published a collection of short stories, some criminous,
The Purple Pterodactyls
(1979).

 

 

NORMAN DONALDSON (1922–2000). British/American author of
In Search of Dr. Thorndyke
(1971, revised 1998), a biography of R. Austin Freeman, and a 1972 Thorndyke pastiche.

 

 

DAVID DUNCAN (1913–1999). Science-fiction writer who published five mysteries, some with fantasy overtones, notably
The Madrone Tree
(1949).

 

 

PETER EVERETT (1931–1999). British author of six suspense novels, notably
Negatives
(1964).

 

 

WILLIAM FAIRCHILD (1918–2000) British screenwriter, author of a mystery play and a single suspense novel,
The Swiss Arrangement
(1973).

 

 

STEWART FARRAR (1916–2000). British author of five mysteries, 1958–77.

 

 

TERENCE FEELY (1928–2000). British author of two mystery plays and a single suspense novel,
Limelight
(1984).

 

 

PENELOPE FITZGERALD (1916–2000). Mainstream British author whose first novel was a crime tale,
The Golden Child
(1977).

 

 

LUCILLE FLETCHER (1912–2000). Author of six suspense novels and numerous plays who achieved her greatest fame with the
Suspense
radio thriller "Sorry, Wrong Number," filmed in 1948.

 

 

FRANK V. FOWLKES (1941–2000). Banker and government advisor who wrote two suspense novels, 1976–86.

 

 

MARY FRANCIS (1924–2000). Wife of best-selling mystery writer Dick Francis, recently revealed to have been a collaborator on his novels.

 

 

THOMAS GIFFORD (1937–2000). Author of a half-dozen suspense novels under his own name, starting with
The Wind Chill Factor
(1975). He also published seven novels under the pen names "Dana Clarins" and "Thomas Maxwell," and collaborated with Edward D. Hoch on a contest novel,
The Medical Center Murders
(1984).

 

 

EDWARD GOREY (1925–2000). Artist famed for his criminous illustrations and books in a humorous vein.

 

 

WILLIAM HARRINGTON (1931–2000). Author of more than two dozen mystery and suspense novels including some historical mysteries and a half dozen novels about TV sleuth Columbo. He is also credited with twenty-one novels ghost-written under the name of Elliot Roosevelt, and acted as a "research collaborator" on some novels by Harold Robbins and Margaret Truman.

 

 

ANNE HEBERT (1916–2000). French-Canadian author whose work included at least two crime and murder novels,
Kamouraska
(1970) and
In the Shadow of the Wind
(1983).

 

 

SHEILA HOLLAND (1937–2000). Author of a single suspense novel,
The Masque
(1979).

 

 

LAURENCE JAMES (1943–2000). British author of seven suspense and intrigue novels as "Klaus Netzen," bylined in the U.S. as by "Klaus Nettson." He also collaborated with John Harvey on a suspense novel
Endgame
(1981) as by "James Mann." He is said to have published 160 novels under twenty-one different pseudonyms, including crime, historical, romance, western, horror, and science fiction.

 

 

ADRIENNE JONES (1915–2000). Coauthor with Doris Meek of two mysteries, 1953–56, one each as by "Mason Gregory" and "Gregory Mason."

 

 

TERENCE JOURNET (19??–2000). New Zealand author of four suspense novels, 1967–74, unpublished in America.

 

 

NORMAN KARK (1898–2000). Editor and publisher of The London Mystery Magazine (later London Mystery Selection) from 1951 to 1982.

 

 

JOHN KOBLER (1910–2000). Journalist and true crime writer, best known for
Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone
(1971).

 

 

DUNCAN KYLE (1930–2000). Best-known pseudonym of John Franklin Broxholme, British author of thirteen thrillers beginning with
A Cage of Ice
(1970), one of them under a second pseudonym of "James Meldrum."

 

 

ELIZABETH LEMARCHAND (1906–2000). British author of seventeen detective novels about Detective Superintendent Tom Pollard, notably
Death of an Old Girl
(1967),
The Affacombe Affair
(1968) and
Cyanide with Compliments
(1972).

 

 

PETER LEVI (1931–2000). British author of three mystery novels beginning with
The Head in the Soup
(1979).

 

 

JOHN V. LINDSAY (1921–2000). Former mayor of New York City who published a novel of intrigue,
The Edge
(1976).

 

 

EDWARD (ED) LINN (1922–2000). Baseball writer who collaborated with bank robber Willie Sutton on
Where the Money Was
(1976) and also wrote a single suspense novel,
The Adversaries
(1973).

 

 

ROGER LONGRIGG (1929–2000). British author who published one crime novel under his own name but was better known in the field for his nine thrillers as "Ivor Drummond" and others under the pseudonyms of "Laura Black," "Frank Parrish," and "Domini Taylor." Perhaps his best-known novel was the noncriminous schoolgirl farce
The Passion Flower Hotel
(1962), written as "Rosalind Erskine."

 

 

J. J. MALONEY (1940–1999). Author of two suspense novels starting with
I Speak for the Dead
(1982).

 

 

ATANAS PETROV MANDADJIEV (19??–2000). Mainstream Bulgarian author, at least ten of whose novels and stories are in the mystery genre. Cofounder of the International Association of Crime Writers and head of its Bulgarian branch.