10 Best Mystery & Detective Literary Criticism Books

They went on vacation. Not everyone made it back. The Palmers went to the lake for a week of fun in the sun. But Alex Palmer had an agenda. He wanted his brother to reconcile with their hypercompetitive father. He wanted his daughter to break up with her shady boyfriend. Most of all, Alex wanted them to be a family one more time before he faced his predicament at home. Evil incarnate and a brutal double murder shifted Alex’s focus from wants to needs. He needed to keep his family safe. He needed to find her. He needed to know what happened at the lake. His pastor often said, “God won’t give you more than you can bear.” This had nothing to do with God. Buy this twisty page turner to find out what happened at the lake. Adult language and explicit sexual violence. “This is the best fiction book I’ve read in a very long time. Masterfully suspenseful.” – Salina Young ★★★★★ “Shocking, but realistic, “What Happened at the Lake” will grab you from the beginning and shake you to your core!” – Susan ★★★★★ “I gave this book the 5 star maximum but it was 20 stars short. This book was unbelievably fantastic and I stayed up almost all night to finish it because I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep otherwise.” – Kindle Reader ★★★★★ “Phil Williams can make more twists and turns than a pretzel maker. I finally have up trying to get one step ahead of him. Instead I fastened my seatbelt and let him take me around hairpin turns at 100 mph, down into dark and dangerous tunnels and finally bringing me gasping for breath back into the light.” – Mary R. ★★★★★ “I loved this book. Could not put it down. Phil Williams is now one of my favorite authors.” – Anon ★★★★★

Here you will find the complete novels of Mark Twain in the chronological order of their original publication: – The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – The Prince and the Pauper – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – The American Claimant – Tom Sawyer Abroad – The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson – Tom Sawyer, Detective – Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc – A Double Barrelled Detective Story – A Horse’s Tale – The Mysterious Stranger

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself…

Discover a classic collection by the literary legend Edgar Allan Poe! Inside this book, you’ll find an incredible selection of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous works. Containing classic stories and short poems including The Raven , The Fall of the House of Usher and The Black Cat , these works have stood the test of time, and continue to entertain and inspire people to this day. With powerful stories of insanity, murder mysteries, torture and love, Poe’s work is the foundation of modern horror literature, influencing other legends such as H.P. Lovecraft and Arthur Conan Doyle. Perfect for both new and existing fans, this beautifully-formatted collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe’s best literature. ★ 14 Essays & Tales ★ * The Fall of the House of Usher * The Pit and the Pendulum * The Tell-Tale Hearth * The Black Cat * The Masque of the Red Death * The Cask of Amontillado * Berenice * The Premature Burial * Ligeia * The Murders in the Rue Morgue * William Wilson * The Purloined Letter * Hop-Frog * The Gold Bug ★ 7 Classic Poems ★ * Annabel Lee * The Raven * A Dream Within A Dream * Lenore * To Helen * The City in the Sea * The Haunted Palace With stunning illustrations, this incredible collection makes both the perfect keepsake for dedicated fans and a great way to introduce new readers to Poe ‘s stories. Buy now to discover this classic collection today!

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## Brad Thor Books in Order 2020 Edition * Looking for a reading list of all Brad Thor’s books? * Need a checklist to find the books you’ve missed? * Confused by sequels and prequels or because series books aren’t numbered? * Want to read the books in the best order? * Struggling to keep up with new releases? You aren’t alone. These are common problems we all have. But no more. Now, get this info exactly where you need it – on your ereader! Brad Thor Books in Order is the most comprehensive bibliography and checklist available, plus it includes an author biography. ## What’s Included? * Scot Harvath books in order * Scot Harvath short stories in order * plus, a Brad Thor biography. By knowing the Scot Harvath book order, you’ll enjoy Brad Thor’s books far more. Keep this ebook on your tablet, phone, computer, or ereader, so the info you need is always at your fingertips. ## “Can’t I just Google it?” This information has NOT simply been ‘copied and pasted’ from the first website to pop up, but has been meticulously curated from multiple sources and then assembled into the best reader-friendly format. You could Google it and find some info, yes, which you could then paste into Word, then buy software to convert that into an ebook, then manually load it onto your ereader… And save a measly $0.99! Isn ‘t your time worth more than that? ## Any Book In TWO CLICKS With this ebook, you can go directly to any Brad Thor title in just two clicks. No typing. No searching. Just two clicks. All for $0.99! You ‘d be crazy to waste all that time doing all that work, and still have to search for every title manually, only to save less than a buck! ## Why is Series Order Important? Reading books in the right order is more fun because you’ll see: * characters developing naturally. * plot twists, which impact future stories, in the correct timeline. * new characters at the right moment. Brad Thor Books in Order helps you to read the Scot Harvath series in order, just as Brad intended. ## No More Book Searches Everything is on your ereader, so no more problems with: * Misleading publication dates * Changed titles * Prequels and stories released out of sequence… ## Book Lists on Steroids! Each ebook in this series has Special Features which no other reading list has. ## #1 – Books In One Click Special links let you access every book the author has ever written in ONE CLICK! ## #2 – Best Story Order Whenever applicable, titles are listed by the publication date AND the best reading order, i.e., books, prequels, and short stories are specially arranged (often called chronological order). ## #3 – Award Star Ratings Rate any title right on your ereader. ## #4 – A Personal Checklist Track what you read to see where you are in a series. ## #5 – Author Bio A concise biography of your favorite author. ## #6 – Useful Info Where possible, info about page counts, movie adaptations, co-authors, etc., is included. ## #7 – Alternative Titles Never again buy a book you’ve already read, saving you time, money, and frustration. ## Exclusive Gift Grab a FREE bestselling thriller. Just click a link at the back of the book. ## IMPORTANT This is a reference book to help you enjoy the author’s work, NOT a collection of novels. So what are you waiting for? Get the best Brad Thor book list available. ## >>> Click BUY NOW! <<<[/su_expand][/amazon]

8. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale Review Summary

In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land. At the time, the detective was a relatively new invention; there were only eight detectives in all of England and rarely were they called out of London, but this crime was so shocking, as Kate Summerscale relates in her scintillating new book, that Scotland Yard sent its best man to investigate, Inspector Jonathan Whicher. Whicher quickly believed the unbelievable-that someone within the family was responsible for the murder of young Saville Kent. Without sufficient evidence or a confession, though, his case was circumstantial and he returned to London a broken man. Though he would be vindicated five years later, the real legacy of Jonathan Whicher lives on in fiction: the tough, quirky, knowing, and all- seeing detective that we know and love today…from the cryptic Sgt. Cuff in Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone to Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a provocative work of nonfiction that reads like a Victorian thriller, and in it kate Summerscale has fashioned a brilliant, multilayered narrative that is as cleverly constructed as it is beautifully written.

## Vince Flynn Books in Order 2020 Edition * Looking for a reading list of all Vince Flynn’s books? * Need a checklist to find the books you’ve missed? * Confused by sequels and prequels or because series books aren’t numbered? * Want to read the books in the best order? * Struggling to keep up with new releases? You aren’t alone. These are common problems we all have. But no more. Now, get this info exactly where you need it – on your ereader! Vince Flynn Books in Order is the most comprehensive bibliography and checklist available, plus it includes an author biography. ## What’s Included? * Mitch Rapp series in order * Mitch Rapp prequels in order * new Mitch Rapp releases * a complete list of standalone novels * plus, a Vince Flynn biography. By knowing the Mitch Rapp book order, you’ll enjoy Vince Flynn’s books far more. Keep this ebook on your tablet, phone, computer, or ereader, so the info you need is always at your fingertips. ## “Can’t I just Google it?” This information has NOT simply been ‘copied and pasted’ from the first website to pop up, but has been meticulously curated from multiple sources and then compiled into the best reader-friendly format. You could Google it and find some info, yes, which you could then paste into Word, then buy software to convert that into an ebook, then manually load it onto your ereader… And save a measly $0.99! Isn ‘t your time worth more than that? ## Any Book In TWO CLICKS With this ebook, you can go directly to any Vince Flynn title in just two clicks. No typing. No searching. Just two clicks. All for $0.99! You ‘d be crazy to waste all that time doing all that work, and still have to search for every title manually, only to save less than a buck! ## Why is Series Order Important? Reading books in the right order is more fun because you’ll see: * characters developing naturally. * plot twists, which impact future stories, in the correct timeline. * new characters at the right moment. Vince Flynn Books in Order helps you to read the Mitch Rapp books in order, just as Vince intended. ## No More Book Searches Everything is on your ereader, so no more problems with: * Misleading publication dates * Changed titles * Prequels and stories released out of sequence… ## Book Lists on Steroids! Each ebook in this series has Special Features which no other reading list has. ## #1 – Books In One Click Special links let you access every book the author has ever written in ONE CLICK! ## #2 – Best Story Order Whenever applicable, titles are listed by the publication date AND the best reading order, i.e., books, prequels, and short stories are specially arranged (often called chronological order). ## #3 – Award Star Ratings Rate any title right on your ereader. ## #4 – A Personal Checklist Track what you read to see where you are in a series. ## #5 – Author Bio A concise biography of your favorite author. ## #6 – Useful Info Where possible, info about page counts, movie adaptations, co-authors, etc., is included. ## #7 – Alternative Titles Never again buy a book you’ve already read, saving you time, money, and frustration. ## Exclusive Gift Grab a FREE bestselling thriller. Just click a link at ## IMPORTANT This is a reference book to help you enjoy the author’s work, NOT a collection of novels. So what are you waiting for? Get the best Vince Flynn book list available. ## >>> Click BUY NOW! <<<[/su_expand][/amazon]

10. The Annotated Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Review Summary

The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler ‘s 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and is an essential addition to any crime fiction fan’s library. A masterpiece of noir, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep helped to define a genre. Today it remains one of the most celebrated and stylish novels of the twentieth century. This comprehensive, annotated edition offers a fascinating look behind the scenes of the novel, bringing the gritty and seductive world of Chandler’s iconic private eye Philip Marlowe to life. The Annotated Big Sleep solidifies the novel’s position as one of the great works of American fiction and will surprise and enthrall Chandler’s biggest fans. Including: -Personal letters and source texts -The historical context of Chandler’s Los Angeles, including maps and images -Film stills and art from the early pulps -An analysis of class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in the novel