Places for Dead Bodies
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University of Texas Press · Ebook · July 1, 2000
From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries.
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- Who it’s for
- A regional survey of police procedurals across America, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and historical locales.
- Genres
- Mystery & Crime Crit
- Published
- University of Texas Press, July 1, 2000
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From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries. Indeed, the sense of place, no less than the compelling character of the detective, is often what keeps authors writing and readers reading a particular series of mystery novels. This book investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place.
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Gary Hausladen delves into the work of more than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman, Martin Cruz Smith, James Lee Burke, David Lindsey, P. D. James, and many others. Arranging the authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and selected locales in other parts of the world, as well as in historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo.
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A regional survey of police procedurals across America, Europe, Moscow, Asia, and historical locales.
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- Police procedurals arranged by region
- More than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman and P. D. James
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- Discussion of mysteries set in the Roman Empire
- A look at turn-of-the-century Cairo
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- Mystery & Crime Crit
- Geography
- Authors
- Gary J. Hausladen
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- July 1, 2000
- Format
- Ebook
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- Mystery & Crime Crit