Author: Otto Penzler
Year: 1978
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Non Fiction, Mystery
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9780140052657
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The world's most celebrated sleuths unmasked by their creators
Twenty-six great mystery writers tell all about their detectives:
- How did you conceive of your investigator?
- Was he (or she) drawn from real life?
- What characteristics most account for his success?
- What new information can you disclose about his background, tastes, private life?
Contents: Roderick Alleyn / Ngaio Marsh -- John Appleby / Michael Innes -- Lew Archer / Ross Macdonald -- Father Bredder / Leonard Holton -- Flash Casey / George Harmon Coxe -- Pierre Chambrun / Hugh Pentecost -- Inspector Cockrill / Christianna Brand -- Captain Jose Da Silva / Robert L. Fish -- Nancy Drew / Carolyn Keene -- The 87th Precinct / Ed McBain -- Fred Fellows / Hillary Waugh -- Inspector Ghote / H. R. F. Keating -- Matt Helm / Donald Hamilton -- Duncan Maclain / Baynard H. Kendrick -- Mark McPherson / Vera Caspary -- Lieutenant Luis Mendoza / Dell Shannon -- Mr. and Mrs. North / Richard Lockridge -- Patrick Petrella / Michael Gilbert -- Superintendent Pibble / Peter Dickinson -- Quiller / Adam Hall -- Inspector Schmidt / George Bagby -- The Shadow / Maxwell Grant -- Michael Shayne / Brett Halliday -- Virgil Tibbs / John Ball -- Dick Tracy / Chester Gould -- Inspector Van der Valk / Nicolas Freeling -- Bibliography and filmography / Otto Penzler
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