Download Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women djvu

by Willetta L. Heising

Author:	Willetta L. Heising
Subcategory:	History & Criticism
Language:	English
Publisher:	Purple Moon Pr; 3 edition (November 1, 1999)
Pages:	478 pages
Category:	Fiction and Literature
Rating:	4.9
Other formats:	docx mobi lit rtf

Download DJVU Download EPUB

More...

Detecting Women book. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read

Detecting Women book. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking Detecting Women: A Reader's Guide And Checklist For Mystery Series Written By Women as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read.

Detective and mystery stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, English, Detective and mystery stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, English. inlibrary; printdisabled; ; china. ENCRYPTED DAISY download. For print-disabled users.

A Must for Series Readers! By Thriftbooks. com User, February 5, 2000

Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women (Mystery Series). A Must for Series Readers! By Thriftbooks. com User, February 5, 2000.

Detecting Women 2 book. A reader's guide and checklist for Mystery Series written by women. Details (if other): Cancel. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Detecting Women 2: Reader's Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women. by. Willetta L. Heising.

Detecting Women Pocket Guide book. Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist For Mystery Series Written By Women.

New Reference Works in Women s Studies, (Weisbard - published by the University of Wisconsin Women s Studies L. DETECTING WOMEN: A READER S GUIDE AND CHECKLIST FOR MYSTERY SERIES WRITTEN BY WOMEN.

Willetta L. Heising has written: 'Detecting Men Pocket Guide'. Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women (Detecting Women: A Reader's Guide & Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women)'. Detecting Women 2' - subject(s): American Detective and mystery stories, Bibliography, Detective and mystery stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, English, English Detective and mystery stories, Women authors. Detecting Women 2 Pocket Guide'.

ISBN 13: 9780964459304. Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women.

Detecting Women 3: A Reader's Guide and Checklist for Series Written by Women. By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction Written by Women. 2nd ed. Berkley Books, 1996. Purple Moon Press, 1999. Covers almost 700 series, written by women, featuring male and female sleuths. Niebuhr, Gary Warren. More than 260 entries, arranged alphabetically by author, characterize the authors and discuss style, series characters, and other important or interesting facts, including an author's appeal to readers. Heising, Detecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women. Jean Swanson, Dean James, By A Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women. Steven Womack, Chain of Fools. Fanzine, Magazine award.

A reference guide to mystery fiction

Comments:

Beardana

I've wanted this book since I was in middle school,lol. not enough authors of color or qtpoc/lgbt but it's still a good reference book to have if you love mysteries.

Direbringer

Watching the Detectives
How far has Sue Grafton gotten in her alphabet mystery series? What's the first book in Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series? Who are writing books featuring bed & breakfasts?
As those who love reading mystery series know, it's difficult to keep track of the hundreds of writers past and present who have contributed to the mystery genre, which is why reading sleuths will love "Detecting Women," a guidebook to the distaff side of mysteries.
This handsome, large paper bound book lists more than 600 series and 3,400 books written by women. Each entry contains a biographical introduction with the title and year of each book, and notes if the book has been nominated for any awards. Editor Wiletta Heising has done an exceptional job of breaking down the information, providing extensive lists that break down series by year, occupation, geographic location and even pseudonym.
The brief biographies are gold mines of fascinating information that invites lengthy browsing. Here is where you can learn that Grafton's fictional P.I. Kinsey Millhone will celebrate her 40th birthday once "`Z' is for Zero" appears in 2009 (when Grafton will be 69); that Agatha Christie wrote 35 novels featuring Hercule Poirot, and 12 about Jane Marple; and that the largely forgotten Anne Katherine Green is considered the "mother of the detective story," and was a best-selling author nine years before Arthur Conan Doyle put pen to paper.

Purple Moon also publishes a pocket guide to help mystery fans track of their favorite series, and comes with a notepad useful for noting suspects, clues, and books desired. "Detecting Women" provides a welcome overview of the rapidly expanding mystery field, and can reintroduce readers to now-forgotten and obscure writers. It is nothing less than required, fascinating reading for mystery fans.

Armin

Ms. Heising has done it again! In addition to a useful tool for the mystery reader, this book is the very best source for the collector of first edition mysteries. Series are listed by date of publication, and indications are provided for those titles which have been nominated or have won major prizes in the mystery genre. No serious collector can be without this resource on their shelf for its thorough research capability (and no serious "book scout" can be without its counterpart Pocket Guide - available separately - for on-the-road portability). As a librarian and a collector, I believe that this is the very best work in the field. So if you are a reader who is thinking also of collecting, or a collector who also reads, don't even think about it - buy this book.

Beahelm

Willetta Heising reigns as queen of mystery reference. If you want to find out about the order in which the series is written, are trying to find the author of a favorite character, looking for a sleuth with a certain profession, or trying to find mysteries that are set in your locale, Detecting Women 3rd edition is the book for you. Of course, if you want male authors, or female authors of mysteries that are no longer with us, you can check out Detecting Men and Detecting Women2. This is no "dry as dust" research tome, but a lively and fascinating look at female authors of mystery series that will keep you turning the pages and even provide a few chuckles. If you are serious about your mystery reading, you will want to own all of Willetta Heising's excellent bio-bibliographies.

Ubranzac

This is a wonderful tool to keep track of all those mystery books on your shelves. This book offers a comprehensive listing of women's fiction mysteries. Books are listed by author and title. It is great way to see the order of books written in a series. There is also a check list where you can check off the book once you purchase it, and then check it after you read it. I like to make notations next to the books once I finish the book. Books that have been nominated or received awards are designated with a star by the title.

Yramede

This is THE authoritative book on mystery book series written by women. It is such a pleasure to have this book and be able to look up a female author and find biographical information, books written with dates, etc., and to be able to have that informtion sorted in a number of ways. I carry the Detecting Women 3rd Edition paperback in my purse for visits to the book store and library but I copy information from the hardback, which is so much more extensive, into the paperback if I need to jot down a little more information. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. If you love mysteries whether by male or female authors (there is a Detecting Men also), you need this book. Its guidance is invaluable.

DireRaven

How many times have you discovered a new author and tried to unravel the sequence of the series? Publishers sometimes list previous books - provided they published those previous books. Or the author's work is neatly cited in alphabetical order. Great if you've picked up Sue Grafton, not so good if the author is Martha Grimes. Or only the books still in print appear.
I edit two mystery newsletters, one for a general bookstore. My readers want to know series order. Short of tracking all the mystery writers yourself (good luck!), DETECTING WOMEN-3rd Ed. is the very best thing. Willetta Heising also includes bibliographies to catch the fancy of the most fanatic fan - settings, characters, types, historical venue, pseudonyms, and award nominees/winners. The master list even has blank spaces to accommodate future titles.
There has never been a more comprehensive listing. I wouldn't/couldn't prepare a newsletter without it. This is definitely a keeper -- until DETECTING WOMEN 4 comes along!

eBooks related to Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women:

Download Reader's Guide to Women's Studies djvu

Download Everywoman 9e: A Gynaecological Guide For Life djvu

Download Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Edition djvu

Download Patricia Cornwell: A Reader's Checklist and Reference Guide (Checkerbee Checklists) djvu

Download Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women djvu

Download Frightening Strikes (Fiction - Crime and Mystery) (Fiction - Crime Mystery) djvu