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ALABAMA, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Alabama.

Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in ALABAMA

ALASKA, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Alaska.

Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in ALASKA

Allen, L. David, PhD
(Author)

- 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

Allingham, Margery

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(Author)
- British author, creator of Albert Campion. The Tiger in the Smoke is her most famous novel. ('The Smoke' is slang for the city of London.) The Crime at the Black Dudley was her first novel to feature Campion.

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
3. The Margery Allingham Archives.
4. Margery Allingham Abecederie: Visit CAIRO'S mediastore front.

ARIZONA, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Arizona.

Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Bury Your Dead, ARIZONA

ARKANSAS, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Arkansas. Also listed here are all authors who were born in Arkansas (and who may write about Arkansas, or about other states.)

Arkansas-born authors
1. Joan Hess

Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in ARKANSAS

Arthur, Robert
- Secret of Terror Castle, The review.

Asimov, Isaac
- Tales of the Black Widowers, The review.
- Casebook of the Black Widowers, The review.

AUSTRALIA

(TOPICAL)
-MURDER DOWN UNDER:
The United States and England do not have a monopoly on crime and murder. The dossiers below attempt to redress the balance.

Citations:
1.Listing of books in which at least 1/3 takes place in Australia, from Inspector Napolean Bonaparte's debut in 1928 to today.
DOSSIER: Murder Down Under

Australian websites:
1. Murder To Order. Mystery parties for homes and businesses, in Sydney and elsewhere in Australia. (Commercial site: Interactive Theatre.)
2. Australian Newspapers on the Internet.

Australian writers of mystery and suspense:
1. Australian writer Jon Cleary. All of his Scobie Malone mysteries take place in Australia.
2. Australian writer Claire McNab.

Axelrad, Nancy S.
(Children's mystery novel)
- Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport, The review.

Go to Bobbsey Twins DOSSIER. [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

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