Places for dead bodies / by Gary Hausladen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hausladen, Gary, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, American.

Police in literature.

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Geography in literature.

Setting (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries. Indeed, the sense of place, no less than the compelling character of the detective, is often what keeps authors writing and readers reading a particular series of mystery novels. This book investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place. Gary Hausladen delves into the work of more than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman, Martin Cruz Smith, James Lee Burke, David Lindsey, P. D. James, and many others. Arranging the authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and selected locales in other parts of the world, as well as in historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Place-Based Police Procedural

Chapter 3. Murder in America

Chapter 4. Murder in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Chapter 5. Murder on the European Continent

Chapter 6. From Moscow with Murder

Chapter 7. Murder in the Orient Expressly

Chapter 8. Other Places for Murder

Chapter 9. Murder in Historical Context

Chapter 10. More Places for Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem

Appendix: Selected Series

Fictional Works Cited

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79832-6

OCLC:

213306094