Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene - Softcover

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9780786478132: Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786478136 ISBN 13: 9780786478132

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2014

In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Douglas G. Greene, mystery genre scholar and publisher, this book offers 24 new essays and two reprinted classics on detective fiction by contributors around the world, including ten Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) winners and nominees.

The essays cover a myriad of authors and books from more than a century, from J.S. Fletcher's The Investigators, originally serialized in 1901, to P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley, published at the end of 2011. Subjects covered include detective fiction in the Edwardian era and the "Golden Age" between the two world wars; hard-boiled detective fiction; mysteries and intellectuals; and pastiches, short stories and radio plays.

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About the Author:

Curtis Evans, an independent scholar and book dealer, has published numerous articles and essays on detective fiction as well as an award-winning book on industry and labor in the American South. He lives in Germantown, Tennessee.

Review:

"one of the finest essay collections on the detective-story genre ever published, offering one superb piece after another, is a tribute both to the inspiration of the honoree and the meticulousness of editor Curtis Evans"--Mystery Scene; "I have to say that I enjoyed almost every word in this excellent collection of articles, all of which were informative as well as entertaining. It is a fitting and well-deserved tribute to a giant of the genre"--CADS.

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