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For more than a century, the mystery and detective story has been among the most popular forms of fiction in bookstores and libraries. Some writers (Edgar Allan Poe or Dashiell Hammett, for example) have attracted a considerable body of critical response; others have been the focus of less scrutiny. This bibliography is intended for the student, general reader, or mystery buff who needs some basic information about the mystery genre and its representative authors. Selective, rather than exhaustive, it serves as an introduction. Entries on the life and work of seventy-five writers from Margery Allingham, Raymond Chandler, and Amanda Cross to P.D. James, John D. MacDonald, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, and Georges Simenon appear.

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Library Journal Review

The 74 authors Cox has chosen for inclusion in this bibliography represent the best, most popular, or most influential writers of the genre. The work is ``intended for the person who needs some basic information about the mystery genre and its representative authors.'' Sources in each entry, organized as either Commentary or Biography, were chosen for their availability in public, college, or high school libraries and for the amount of information provided in each source. Though Magill's four-volume Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction has more in-depth information, this work is valuable for quick, easy reference.-- Martin J. Hudacs, Towanda H.S. , Pa. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Cox, reference librarian at St. Olaf's College and mystery critic, has produced a selective, annotated bibliography about the mystery genre and 74 representative authors. Each author entry contains a section on biography and a section on commentary. Annotations contain both book and periodical citations and are clear and concise. Cox concentrates on sources that should be available in high school, university, and public libraries. A volume in "The Magill Bibliographies" series, Cox's work does not duplicate the four-volume Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, ed. by F.N. Magill, (CH, Sep'89), which is more comprehenisve in the number of authors covered, but less comprehensive for detailed critical references. Very useful for all types of libraries as a beginning reference point for mystery fiction research. -E. Winter, California State University, Bakersfield