Reference Works on Mystery and Detective Fiction

Bibliographies, price guides and reference works on mystery and detective fiction.

Cooper, John, Barry A. Pike Detective Fiction : The Collector's Guide 1994 Scolar Press. 212 pages. The original edition covered 105 authors. This expanded second edition covers 157.

Foord, Peter Collins Crime Club : A Checklist of the First Editions 1987 Dragonby

Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction II : A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-1990 1994

Klein, Kathleen Gregory (Editor), Jay P. Pederson (Editor), Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers 1996 St James Press. 1264 pages.

O'Brien, Geoffrey Hardboiled America : Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir 1997 Da Capo Press. 216 pages.

Quayle, Eric The Collector's Book of Detective Fiction Out-of-print

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