Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers: An Eclectic Sampler Contributor(s): Skene-Melvin, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0889242690 ISBN-13: 9780889242692 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96112536 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.69" W x 9.09" (0.87 lbs) 289 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Meet some fascinating females:
As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin's introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. You will recognize many of the writers included in Investigating Women: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. For each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in Investigating Women. |
Contributor Bio(s): Skene-Melvin, David: - Dr. David Skene-Melvin is the dean of anthologizers of Canadian criminous short fiction and has previously edited Crime in a Cold Climate, Investigating Women, and Bloody York. He is also the compiler of Canadian Crime Fiction 1817-1996. |