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Matters Criminous

crime, mystery, and detection literature:
a critical list with discussions

The "Matters Criminous" Site Update Log:

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6 February 2007 : Formally established site (using much material borrowed from SF&F site).


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(essential one-time reading)		 Introductory Material:
    Literate Mystery Series:
 a brief list of the series discussed here


(the heart of the site)		 The Series (alphabetical by character last name):
    Roderick Alleyn
 (Ngaio Marsh)
    Father Brown
 (G. K. Chesterton)
    Mr. Campion
 (Margery Allingham)
    Adam Dalgliesh
 (P. D. James)
    Gervase Fen
 (Edmund Crispin)
    Sherlock Holmes
 (Conan Doyle)
    Inspector Maigret
 (Georges Simenon)
    Philip Marlowe
 (Raymond Chandler)
    The Continental Op
 (Dashiell Hammett)
    Solar Pons
 (August Derleth)
    The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Precious Ramotswe)
 (Alexander McCall Smith)
    The Saint (Simon Templar)
 (Leslie Charteris)
    Lord Peter Wimsey
 (Dorothy Sayers)
    Nero Wolfe
 (Rex Stout)
    Yellowthread Street
 (William Marshall)


(new, used--find any book, anywhere in the world) 		About Buying Books From Here:
    Buying Books New:
 · about buying books from Amazon
 · searching for new books at any Amazon division
 · international book-buying considerations
    Buying Books Used:
 searching for used books anywhere in the world
    About the Mystery Guild:
 info & online signup


(often the most interesting part of any site)		 Miscellaneous Topics & Info:
    Other Resources:
 internet & print resources of crime-mystery-detection interest
    Scumware!
 read this if nothing else whatever
    Change Log:
 what was done when
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