The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 5

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 5
Author: Ed Gorman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2004-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 076531147X

An annual collection of more than thirty mystery stories from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany includes pieces by such names as Ruth Rendell, Ed McBain, Barbara Hambly, Ian Rankin, and Joyce Carol Oates.

101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists

101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists
Author: Andrew McAleer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440515247

This title focuses on the behaviors necessary to succeed in the dog-eat-dog world of fiction writing by asking successful authors how they practice their craft. Readers will learn how to adopt those habits on their quest to become novelists. The book will inspire, nourish, and provide the needed kick in the pants to turn the wannabes into doers! The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists is full of "aha" experiences as the reader uncovers the collected wisdom from the cream of today’s fiction writers.

Promise the Infinite

Promise the Infinite
Author: Robert Richart
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2016-05-07
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1365097544

This is an annotated bibliography of English language novels which feature libraries or librarians from the 18th to the 21st century. It includes descriptions and quotes from the text. It includes novels, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, and romance.

Sleuths, Sidekicks and Stooges

Sleuths, Sidekicks and Stooges
Author: Joseph Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This reference work on British and American crime, mystery and adventure fiction in English contains 7,000 entries, listed alphabetically by detective, providing information about sleuths, their sidekicks and their rivals. A broad definition of detective is used encompassing Batman, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Nero Wolfe and Hercule Poirot.