detective and mystery stories, english

A collection of mystery tales focusing on the world of the arts--the fine arts, the popular arts, and the unconventional arts.

A collection of eight short stories by mystery writer Agatha Christie that feature the famous Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

Presents a study of British detective fiction with female protagonists written by women, looking at the work of six well-established authors, as well as several new to the field, and following the evolution of female sleuths from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century.