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Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story by Howard Haycraft - 1941
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Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
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- Keywords RESEARCH, REFERENCE, MYSTERY, WRITERS, POE, STOUT, SAYERS, HAMMETT, CHRISTIE, ALLINGHAM, GARDNER, BIGGERS, CHESTERTON, LEROUX, LUPIN, POIROT, MARPLE, NICK, NORA, CHARLES, MARSH, NERO WOLFE, ELLERY QUEEN
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