Hillerman, author of the Joe Leaphorn mysteries, and Herbert, editor of The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, trace this short-story genre from its beginnings in the hands of Edgar Allen Poe through its development by the likes of Erle Stanley Gardner, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Anthony Boucher to its current practice by such masters as Marcia Muller. Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which established a great many of the whodunit conventions, is indispensable to such an overview. Raymond Chandler's "I'll be Waiting" emits a doom-laden atmosphere right from the first line; William Faulkner shows unexpected economy of language?and a transparent plot?in "An Error in Chemistry." Ed McBain scores high marks in "Small Homicide," in which the tiny details of a baby's untimely death resonate uncomfortably. As represented in this competent, unstartling collection, Linda Barnes ("Lucky Penny") easily outsasses Sue Grafton ("The Parker Shotgun"). Hillerman makes a solid appearance with "Chee's Witch," and in "Benny's Space" Muller captures the full subtle force of her novel-length vision.



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Name of the Author
Clinton Stagg H
Susan Glaspell
Анна Грин Кэтрин
Артур Рив Б.
Билл Пронзини
Джон Карр Диксон
Дороти Дэвис Салисбери
Жак Фатрелл
Клейтон Роусон
Корнелл Вулрич
Кэрролл Дейли Джон
Линда Барнс
Марсия Мюллер
Мелвилл Пост Дэвиссон
Миньон Эберхарт
Мэри Райнхарт Робертс
Раймонд Чэндлер
Рекс Стаут Тодхантер
Ричард Сэйл Б.
Роберт Беллем
Розмари Герберт
Росс МакДональд
Сью Графтон
Томас Стриблинг Сигизмунд
Тони Хиллерман
Уильям Голт Кэмпбелл
Уильям Фолкнер
Фрэнсис Гарт Брет
Эван Хантер
Эдвард Хох Д.
Эдгар По Аллан
Эллери Куин
Энтони Бучер
Эрл Гарднер Стенли
Language
Ukrainian
Release date
1996

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