The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
by:
Otto Penzler (author)
Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe. By the Edgar Award-winning editor of The Encyclopedia of Mystery and...
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Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe. By the Edgar Award-winning editor of The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780316071826 (031607182X)
Publish date: November 10th 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
I have to say I was really excited to see this come in to my local library. So many of these authors are popular and regularly check out. This really gave me a great review of the author and how they write. I loved this collection and would love to see another collection come out. As a librarian thi...
What a great book! 20 mystery writers talk about their most famous characters. Really loved Anne Perry's and Laura Lippman's stories, and can't wait to read many of these authors for the first time.
A great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend. You learn about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. But where do some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from?What was the real-l...
15 years ago
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