Elizabeth Foxwell

Collection of twelve (mostly historical) mystery short stories, including the Agatha Award-winning "No Man's Land" (featuring WWI female ambulance drivers) and "Keeper of the Flame," first-prize winner in the Cape Fear (NC) Crime Festival competition. Presidential daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth is the sleuth in three stories. Settings range from the Civil War ("Death in Blue and Gray") and the Titanic ("Unsinkable") to the 1918 flu pandemic ("An Epidemic Proportion").

A comprehensive guide to the work of an icon of the sensation genre who wrote Lady Audley's Secret (1861-62) and made significant contributions to the development of the mystery, especially as the creator of the first clerical sleuth. Vol. 4 in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series.

"outstanding literary studies series"--Midwest Book Review

A comprehensive guide to the multifaceted career of Edgar-nominated author/screenwriter Evan Hunter, aka Ed McBain, an MWA Grand Master and a pioneer of the police procedural. Vol. 3 in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series.

“a superb reference book, solidly written and painstakingly accurate”—Mystery Scene