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Detective / editor, Barry Forshaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime uncovered series.
- Crime Uncovered Series, 2056-9637
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detectives in literature.
- Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Crime films--History and criticism.
- Crime films.
- Television crime shows--History and criticism.
- Television crime shows.
- Physical Description:
- 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Intellect, 2016.
- Summary:
- This book is an examination and celebration of iconic police detectives in the long and bloody history of crime fiction, film and television, identifying the individual characteristics that define these much-loved figures and discussing how they relate to their surroundings, country and class and the criminals they relentlessly pursue.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Copyright
- Title
- Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Case Studies
- Inspector Salvo Montalbano
- Inspector Morse
- Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
- Detective Martin Beck
- Detective Harry Bosch
- Inspector Kurt Wallander
- Detective Inspector John Rebus
- Detective Harry Hole
- Chief Inspector Javier Falcón
- Detectives Sarah Lund &
- Saga Norén
- Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg
- Commander Adam Dalgliesh
- Detective Van Veeteren
- Interrogation
- James, P. D.
- Mankell, Henning
- Rankin, Ian
- Wilson, Robert
- Reports
- The Modern Maverick Detective
- Reason and Redemption: The Detective in the Secular Age
- Talent Enough in his Profession: The Maladroit Detective
- The New Regionalism in Contemporary Television Police Drama
- Contributor Biographies
- BackCover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78320-522-9
- 9781783205219 (pbk.)
- 1783205210
- OCLC:
- 974593319
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