Recommended reading – An Introduction to the Detective Story

 

An Introduction to the Detective Story

by Leroy Lad Panek.
 
Published by Popular Press 1.
First edition.
Published 1987.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0879723777
ISBN-13: 978-0879723774
 
Description:
 

This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, modern English well-suited to a genre which has traditionally broken ground in terms of aggressive writing, contemporary scenarios, and tough dialogue.