100 Must-read Crime Novels (Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides)
Author(s): Nick Rennison
Want to become a crime novel buff, or expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start!
From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert in the world of crime. The book also allows you to browse by theme, includes 'a reader's fast-guide to the world of crime fiction' as well listing the top 10 crime characters and their creators, award winners and book club recommendations.
Product Information
Extended Introduction on the genre, background, history etc.100 titles highlighted A-Z by novel with 500 Read on recommendationsRead-on-a-theme categoriesAdditional features - such as top 10 crime characters and their creators, award winners, specialist book club recommendations etcCompetition: Mammouth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction (June 2002) Constable and Robinson GBP9.99 620pp Covers titles from 1950s onwards (though Agatha Christie does have an entry). 500 writers listed A-Z
Richard Shephard is an experienced writer who has worked for many years creating copy for the Waterstones website. Nick Rennison is a bookseller, editor and freelance writer. He reviews new titles for Waterstones Books Quarterly and is author of the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide.
General Fields
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- : Black
- : Black
- : 0.122
- : September 2006
- : 145mm X 105mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nick Rennison
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 823.087209
- : 208
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