Bibliography
Secondary Sources for Teachers
Benstock, Bernard, ed. Essays in Detective Fiction. London: The MacMillan Press,
1983.
Chernaik, Warren, Martin Swales, and Robert Vilain, eds. The Art of Detective Fiction.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Fischer-Hornung, Dorothea and Monica Mueller, eds. Sleuthing Ethnicity:
The Detective in Multiethnic Crime Fiction. Associated University Presses: Rosemont Publishing and Printing Corp, 2003.
Irons, Glenwood, ed. Feminism and Detective Fiction. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1995.
Priestman, Martin. Detective Fiction and Literature: The Figure on the Carpet. London:
The MacMillan Press, 1990.
A highly recommended, erudite overview of the detective genre
Reddy, Maureen T. Sisters in Crime: Feminism and The Crime Novel. New York:
Continuum, 1988.
Rzpeka, Charles J. Detective Fiction. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005.
Soitos, Stephen F. Blues Detective: A Study of African-American Detective Fiction.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996.
Novels
Corpi, Lucha. Eulogy for a Brown Angel. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1992.
————— Black Widow's Wardrobe. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1999.
Corpi's protagonist is Chicana detective Gloria Damasco
Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina. A Miracle in Paradise. New York: Avon, 1999.
A mystery novel featuring Cuban-American private investigator Lupe Solano
Hammett, Dashiell. Red Harvest. London: Orion Books, 2003.
Hillerman, Tony. The Dark Wind. New York: HarperTorch, 1982.
An excellent novel for readers interested in Navajo and Hopi spiritual practices
—————— The Sinister Pig. New York: HarperTorch, 2003.
A more overtly political novel than many of Hillerman's other works
—————— A Thief of Time. New York: HarperTorch, 1988.
Kellerman, Faye. Sanctuary. New York: Avon, 1994.
Kellerman incorporates Jewish beliefs and traditions into this novel
McCrumb, Sharyn. If I Killed Him When I Met Him. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992.
Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: Washington Square Press, 1990.
Neely, Barbara. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth. New York: Penguin Books, 1994.
—————— Blanche on the Lam. New York: Penguin Books, 1992
Short Story Collections
Chandler, Raymond. Collected Stories. Introduced by John Bayley. New York:
Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Conan Doyle, Arthur. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories; Volume I.
New York: Bantam Classic, 1986
Sayers, Dorothy L. Lord Peter: A Collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.
Compiled and Introduced by James Sandoe. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
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