The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction

Investigate the gripping history of mystery suspense fiction with a renowned literature professor, and discover the fascinating evolution of this captivating genre.

• By This Professor
• 01: Mystery Fiction's Secret Formula
• 02: The Detective Is Born
• 03: The Criminal
• 04: The Sidekick
• 05: Detecting Clues
• 06: Case Closed? The Problem with Solutions
• 07: The Locked Room
• 08: The Dime Novel
• 09: Murder in Cozy Places
• 10: Return of the Classic Detective
• 11: The City Tests the Detective
• 12: The Private Eye Opens
• 13: African American Mysteries
• 14: The Femme Fatale
• 15: The Private Eye Evolves
• 16: Latino Detectives on the Border
• 17: The Lady Detective
• 18: Violence Waits in the Wings
• 19: Violence Takes Center Stage
• 20: Psychopaths and Mind Hunters
• 21: Police as Antagonist
• 22: Police as Protagonist
• 23: Native American Mysteries
• 24: The European Mystery Tradition
• 25: Nordic Noir
• 26: Japanese and Latin American Mysteries
• 27: Precursors to True Crime
• 28: True Crime in the 20th Century
• 29: Historical Mysteries
• 30: Spies, Thrillers, and Conspiracies
• 31: Female-Centered Mystery and Suspense
• 32: Poetic Justice
• 33: Courtroom Drama
• 34: Gay and Lesbian Mystery and Suspense
• 35: Adapting the Multimedia Mystery
• 36: Mysterious Experiments