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Abbott, Anthony
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- Pen name of Charles Fulton Oursler (1893-1952), creator and writer of the Thatcher Cole mysteries. Each title began with the words, ''About the...''
Citations:
1. 'About the Murders of Anthony Abbott,' by Jon L. Breen, The Armchair Detective, October 1969, Volume 3, Number 1, pg 1-5.
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Adams, Herbert
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- British author, with a total of 51 books published betweenn 1924 and 1958. Of these, 20 were also published in America.
Citations:
1. 'Spotlight on Herbert Adams: Murder fractures the smooth surface of British life between the wars in his mystery novels,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, Winter 1991, Volume 24, Number 1, pg 40-42.
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Allen, L. David, PhD
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- Author of Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.
Contents of 'Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction':
1. Rules for Writing Detective Fiction
2. What is Detective Fiction?
Critical analyses of:
3. The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe
4. The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
5. The Adventure of the Speckled Band, by Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers
7. The Benson Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine
8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie
9. What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw, by Agatha Christie
10. The Fashion in Shrouds, by Margery Allingham
11. Black Orchids, by Rex Stout
12. The List of Adrian Messenger, by Philip MacDonald
13. Death and the Joyful Woman, by Ellis Peters
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Allingham, Margery
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- British author, creator of Albert Campion. The Tiger in the Smoke is her most famous novel. ('The Smoke' is London, so named for its famous fogs.) The Crime at the Black Dudley was her first novel to feature Campion.
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Citations:
1. 'Margery Allingham's Albert Campion, Part 1,' by Barry Pike.
The Armchair Detective, Volume 9, Number 1, November 1975, pg. 1
2. 'Margery Allingham's Albert Campion: A Chronological Examination of the Novels in Which He Appears, Part XII.' by B. A. Pike, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 168-173.
3. 'Margery Allingham and ''That Silly Ass,'' ' Dilys Winn. Murderess Ink, Dily Winn, ed., Workman Publishing, 1979
4. The Margery Allingham Archives.
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Ambler, Eric
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- British author of spy thrillers.
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Citations:
1. 'The Works of Eric Ambler,' by George J. Rausch, Jr. The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 4, July 1969, pg. 260-261
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Aquin, Hubert
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- French-Canadian (and French separatist)author of Prochain Episode, Blackout and The Antiphonary.
Citations:
1. 'Blackout: Hubert Aquin's Surreal Mystery,' by Russell M. Brown. The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Number 1, Winter 1980, pg. 58-60
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