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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780326003321

Autore

Hausladen Gary <1946->

Titolo

Places for dead bodies [[electronic resource] /] / by Gary Hausladen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2000

ISBN

0-292-79832-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

813/.08720932

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism

Police in literature

Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism

Place (Philosophy) in literature

Geography in literature

Setting (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Place-Based Police Procedural -- Chapter 3. Murder in America -- Chapter 4. Murder in the United Kingdom and Ireland -- Chapter 5. Murder on the European Continent -- Chapter 6. From Moscow with Murder -- Chapter 7. Murder in the Orient Expressly -- Chapter 8. Other Places for Murder -- Chapter 9. Murder in Historical Context -- Chapter 10. More Places for Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem -- Appendix: Selected Series -- Fictional Works Cited -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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.