The Readers' Advisory Guide to Mystery

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Series Introduction	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Detecting the Enduring Appeal of the Mystery Novel	p. 1
The History of Mystery	p. 5
A Crash Course in Mystery Readers' Advisory Work	p. 11
Amateur Sleuths
Where's Jessica Fletcher When you Need Her?	p. 19
Private Investigators
Well-Worn Trench Coats, Smoking Gats, and Deadly Dames	p. 41
Police Procedurals
They Got the Beat	p. 53
Historical Sleuths
Crime through Time	p. 69
Genre-Blended Mysteries
Torn between Two Genres	p. 81
The Mystery Readers' Advisory Interview	p. 91
Mystery Resources	p. 105
Collection Development	p. 119
Merchandising Your Mystery Collection	p. 127
Appendixes
Mysteries for a Book Discussion	p. 139
Twenty-Five Mystery Movies	p. 142
Twenty-Five Mystery Television Series	p. 146
Selected Bibliography	p. 153
Index	p. 159
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