Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction: The Locked Room Mystery (Crime Files)

by Michael Cook (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $122.71

  The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.