1001 midnights: the aficionado's guide to mystery and detective fictionProvides plot summaries to more than one thousand classic mystery, detective, and espionage novels and short story favorites, as well as informative commentary on each author |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis bibliography includes lengthy reviews of 1001 mystery classics by every major author in the field from Edgar Allen Poe to authors first published in 1984. The book differs from the only other ... Read full review
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