"Murder Will Out": The Detective in Fiction - Hardcover

Binyon, T. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019219223X ISBN 13: 9780192192233

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Philip Marlowe, Perry Mason, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nero Wolfe, Mr. Moto, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer, Father Brown, Nick and Nora Charles--if not the most august figures in the world of fiction, the heroes and heroines of the detective novel are certainly some of the best loved and most memorable characters ever created.
In 'Murder Will Out', T.J. Binyon follows the trail of these fictional detectives in their many guises--amateur sleuths, hard-boiled private eyes, police detectives, and an assortment of moonlighting priests, physicians, and lawyers--and provides an entertaining capsule history of the entire genre as well. He covers not only qall the old favorites, but also many forgotten gems, such as Max Carrados, a blind detective who could detect a false moustache from its "five yard aura of spirit gum," and Dr. John Thorndyke, an early successor to Sherlock Holmes, who could read Egyptian hieroglyphics and identify at a glance different species of duckweed. Binyon excells at charting the changing taste and fashion in crime-writing and the evolution of the form.
For anyone who has ever been gripped by a good crime novel, and for those who never have but are tempted, 'Murder Will Out' is a delightful guide to who did what to whom, and how.

About this title

About the Author:

About the author:
T.J. Binyon is the author of Swan Song and Greek Gifts (nominated for the Crime Writers' Association's Gold and Silver Dagger Awards), and Lecturer in Russian and Senior Research Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 019219223X
• ISBN 13: 9780192192233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174