Whodunit? (1982)
Whodunit? was published in 1982. It is illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams.
Whodunit? begins with eleven chapters analyzing the categories of the genre. In another section ten novelists contribute informative answers under the heading: "How I Write My Books". A further, imaginatively illustrated chapter, "The People of Crime Fiction", contains profiles of the 90 most celebrated characters that the genre has produced. At the end of the volume a psychiatrist gives his explanation of "Why People Read Crime Fiction". At the heart of Whodunit? is a section entitled "Writers and Their Books: A Consumers' Guide": here the works of more than 500 novelists are described and their best books are recommended.
Contents
Introduction H.R.F. Keating
CRIME FICTION AND ITS CATEGORIES
A Pre-history Reginald Hill
The Godfather and the Father H.R.F. Keating
The English Detective Story Robert Barnard
The American Police Procedural Hillary Waugh
The British Police Procedural Michael Gilbert
The Short Story Eleanor Sullivan
The Suspense Novel Jessica Mann
The Thriller Jerry Palmer
The Gothic Michele Slung
The Espionage Novel John Gardner
HOW I WRITE MY BOOKS
Under Financial Duress Stanley Ellin
A Series of Scenes P.D. James
Unprocessed Idea to Processed Word Desmond Bagley
Waiting Till They Talk Dorothy Eden
Not-Thinking With the Dishes Patricia Highsmith
On Getting Rid of An Idea Gregory Mcdonald
Perspiration, A Constant Factor Lionel Davidson
Even on Christmas Day Len Deighton
Voyages - and Shipwrecks Erie Ambler
Flying A Bit High H.R.F. Keating
WRITERS AND THEIR BOOKS: A CONSUMERS' GUIDE
Dorothy B. Hughes, Reginald Hill, Melvyn Barnes and H.R.F. Keating
THE PEOPLE OF CRIME FICTION H.R.F. Keating
WHY PEOPLE READ CRIME FICTION Philip Graham
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