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Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women (Mystery Series)

6 reviews
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1998

Great place to keep track of mystery reading
It's indicative of the size of the mystery market that the third edition of this book - restricted solely to female writers with active series - still contains more than 3,700 titles in 224 pages. Editor Willetta Heising has gone to great lengths to improve the readability of the third edition of this pocketbook-sized reference work. Each author is listed along with the name of the ...

Detecting Men: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Men (Detecting Men)

5 reviews
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1998

The essential mystery-reader's guide
OK, you know the drill: I love this book, it was a great read, it brought my family closer together, blah, blah, blah. Seriously folks, this book is different. This book could save your LIFE. I work in a bookstore, and in my line of work, I never can tell who the next person through the door will be. I stand behind the counter, and I don't know whether the next customer carries the bullet ...

Detecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women

1 review
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1996

An outstanding reference work
This is a momumental work, well organized, easy to read and carefully presented. Every library and everyone seriously interested in the mystery genre should have this volume. It presents more than 600 series, over 3,400 titles in correct order, and it's indexed in three primary categories, Police Procedurals, PIs and Amateur detectives. The author bios are excellent. If you want to know ...

Detecting Men Pocket Guide: Checklist
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1997

For the most part, Detecting Men presents only living authors who write series characters. Owing to its small size, the pocket guide includes 'just the facts' -- author name (last name first), character name, numbered book titles in series order, publication date and major mystery awards. This book includes more: More than 800 series detectives; Over 4400 titles in correct series order; More than 500 new titles from '95 and '96; Award winners ...

Detecting Women 2 Pocket Guide: A Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women

2 reviews
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1995

Compact, well-organized and easy-to-use, for serious fans.
The serious reader and fan of crime and mystery fiction couldn't ask for a more useful guide. Well organized and easy to use, it contains practically all the salient information one could ask for about women writing series. Take it to the book store and you'll undoubtedly save lots of time, money and aggravation, trying to remember whether you already have that book. Works with Amazon too!

Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women (Detecting Women: A ...

18 reviews
Willetta L. Heising

Purple Moon Press, 1999

Taking the Mystery Out of Series Characters
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 ...