Bogue's Fortune

To research a new detective story, Charles Applegate takes a post in a progressive school of misfits, set deep in the English countryside. The game turns serious when a fellow teacher is murdered and a weird variety of criminals seem convinced that Charles has something they want.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

JULIAN SYMONS

Thrillers & Suspense

Carroll&Graf

<p>When it appeared in 1972 'Bloody Murder' was greeted as the classic study of crime fiction, a book "heartily recommended to anyone who has ever enjoyed a detective story or a crime novel" as Kingsley Amis wrote. Subsequent edition ensured that this study was kept up to date to include later authors, and a third and final revised edition was issued in 1993 in celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year. The views expressed are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable, another compared to writers of "strip cartoon stories". But the general tone is warmly appreciative of every sort of book within the genre.</p>

Bloody Murder - From The Detective Story To The Crime Novel: A History

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Penguin??Books

The Man Who Lost His Wife

Humor & Satire

Pan Books

'THE ADVERTISING MURDERS: ''THIRTY-FIRST OF FEBRUARY'' AND ''MAN CALLED JONES'' (PAN CRIME)'

This history of the various forms and masters of the mystery genre follows the trail through the first pinnacle of detection in the Master Detective stories of the 1930s up to the present

Bloody Murder

World Literature

Players & Game

HarperCollins Canada / Mass Market

<p>Such authors as Patricia Highsmith, Julian Symons, Isaac Asimov, Hugh Pentecost, and Hal Ellson are featured in a collection of tales which includes the best mystery stories from the years 1963 through 1977</p>

Ellery Queen's Eyes of Mystery

Michael Harrison

William Brittain

Lawrence Treat

Christianna Brand

Isaac. Asimov

Patricia, Highsmith

Joyce Porter

Jon L. Breen

James Powell

Hal Ellson

Jacob Hay

R. Bretnor

Jeff Sweet

Mary Braund

United States

DOUBLEDAY

Great detectives: Seven Original Investigations

Mystery

Abrams

The Gigantic Shadow

Corgi Books

Crime-writer Charles Applegate decided to set his second novel in a progressive school. Taking a job at Bramley Hall to see what such a school was like ‘from the inside,’ Applegate found to his dismay that he was expected to do rather more than just people-watch. And when a murder took place on his first night there, his skills as a detective writer were called upon as well. But real-life crime was to prove very different from its fictional counterpart…

The Paper Chase

Corgi

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