Murderous Schemes：An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories

基本信息

Author: J.Madison Davis

Language: English

Paperback: 528 pages 

Publisher: Oxford University Press (17 Feb 2003)

ISBN: 9780195104875

Weight: 692g

Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 38 (mm)

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书籍简介

When plotting a murder (figuratively speaking), the mystery writer has at hand any number of M.O.'s including such tried and true conventions as the locked room, the unbreakable alibi, the double bluff, the mistaken identity, and many others. Indeed, one of the challenges (and greatest sources of pleasure) for a mystery writer is to visit a well-known plot construction - to try their hand at "the locked room" or "the caper" - perhaps to honor a writer or story they admire, perhaps to try to top them. Now, in Murderous  Schemes, renowned mystery writer Donald E. Westlake and J. Madison Davis (current president of the International Association of Crime Writers) offer an illuminating look at eight such mystery conventions, illustrating each with four short stories written by some of the masters of the form. The resulting collection of thirty-two tales spans a hundred and fifty years of crime fiction and includes virtually every style imaginable, from the hard-boiled detective story to the cozy armchair mystery.

作者简介

J. Madison Davis is Professor of Journalism in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma and is current president of the International Association of Crime Writers. He is the author of The Murder of Frau Schutz, which was nominated for the Edgar Award.He has also published seven nonfiction books and dozens of short stories and articles, including his crime and mystery column in WLT since 2004.