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A whodunit follows the paradigm of the traditional detective story in the sense that it presents crime as a puzzle to be solved through a chain of questions that the detective poses. [2] In a whodunit, however, the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a ...
Born in Germany to a German-American mother and a German father, [2] Penzler moved to The Bronx at age five after the death of his father. [2] Penzler graduated from the University of Michigan, [2] having studied English literature. [2] [3] He is the co-author of the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection for which he won an Edgar Award in 1977. [3]
Katherine Cowley is an American author of historical mysteries, short stories, and essays. She is also a lecturer. [1] Cowley lives in Michigan and has taught writing at Western Michigan University. [2]
The two Crime Companions. The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. [1] [2] Five years later, the Mystery Writers of America published a similar list titled The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time.
The Postscript Murders: A Mystery. After a 90-year-old woman named Peggy dies, the police have no reason to be suspicious. But Peggy used to be a "murder consultant" for authors, and Natalka, her ...
Rufus Frederick King (January 3, 1893, New York City – February 13, 1966, Hollywood, Florida) [1] was an American author of whodunit crime novels.He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; the third with Colin Starr, who appeared in ...
The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves the solving of a mystery or crime (usually murder).
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction.He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. [1]