Full name: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction

Authors: Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780877956228 0877956227

1001 Midnights; The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, written by authors Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller, is a reference book for anyone interested in the Mystery genre. The book is 879 pages of mystery authors - listed alphabetically and giving descriptions of the authors' characters, lives and plots. The books are broken down by code within the genre: i.e., Action and Adventure, Comedy, Classic Sleuths, Private Eyes, Thriller and many more. There is information preceded by an * for titles which are especially notable and ** for "cornerstone works in the field."