Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Crime fiction and detective fiction -- Eighteenth-century crime writing / Ian A. Bell -- Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 / Lynn Pykett -- Short story from Poe to Chesterton / Martin Kayman -- French crime fiction / Sita Schutt -- Golden age / Stephen Knight -- Private eye / Dennis Porter -- Spy fiction / Davis Seed -- Thriller / David Glover -- Postwar American police fiction / LeRoy Lad Panek -- Postwar British crime fiction / Martin Priestman -- Women detectives / Maureen T. Reddy -- Black crime fiction / Andrew Pepper -- Crime on film and TV / Nickianne Moody -- Detection and literary fiction / Laura Marcus.
