Detective Reference Page
Barzun, Jacques and Taylor, Wendell H. A Catalogue of Crime. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.
An indispensable guide to reading detective fiction with a section on Sherlock Holmes.
Benstock, Bernard. Art in Crime Writing : Essays on Detective Fiction New York : St. Martin's Press, 1983.
Interesting essays on detective fiction.
Doyle, Sir Arthur C. Sherlock Holmes the Long Stories. Leicester: Gallery Press, 1987
A compilation of six long stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, stories ranging from 75- to 150 pages long.
Doyle, Sir Arthur C. The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes II. New York: Doubleday, 1920.
This book has both long stories and stories in Doyle's Holmes stories.
Doyle, Sir Arthur C. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Reader's Digest, 1988.
This book contains 12 short stories by Doyle with some excellent illustrations.
Haycraft, Howard. Murder for Pleasure / The Life and Times of the Detective Story. New York: Appleton-Century, 1941
Great studies on the masters of detective fiction.
Hillerman, Tony and Rosemary Herbert, eds. The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories. Oxford University Press, USA, 1996. A compilation of some of the best short stories by American authors
Farrell, Tish. Write Your Own Mystery Story. New York: Compass Point, 2006
A step by step book explaining the process of writing a mystery story from development of writing habits, to generating ideas, to planning the plot, to writing the story (considering grammar and mechanics), and finally to publishing.
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