Whodunit?

Whodunit? begins with eleven chapters analyzing the categories of the genre. In another section ten novelists contribute informative answers under the heading: "How I Write My Books". A further, imaginatively illustrated chapter, "The People of Crime Fiction", contains profiles of the 90 most celebrated characters that the genre has produced. At the end of the volume a psychiatrist gives his explanation of "Why People Read Crime Fiction". At the heart of Whodunit? is a section entitled "Writers and Their Books: A Consumers' Guide": here the works of more than 500 novelists are described and their best books are recommended.

Author: H R F Keating

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold

Released Date: 1982

ISBN: 0442254385