Subject: Detective and mystery stories › Authorship

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Books under this subject

• The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler (534 copies)
• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography by Agatha Christie (487 copies)
• Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of… by Sue Grafton (184 copies)
• Breaker's Reef by Terri Blackstock (182 copies)
• Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler (164 copies)
• Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography by P. D. James (157 copies)
• Maggie Needs An Alibi by Kasey Michaels (146 copies)
• Bell, Book, and Scandal by Janice Young Brooks (140 copies)
• Malicious Intent : A Writer's Guide to How Murderers,… by Sean P. Mactire (117 copies)
• The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book by Martin Roth (113 copies)
• Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith (110 copies)
• Rough Draft by James W. Hall (109 copies)
• Maggie By The Book by Kasey Michaels (105 copies)
• Death of a Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard (102 copies)
• A Conventional Corpse (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 13) by Joan Hess (99 copies)
• The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery by Robert J. Ray (86 copies)
• Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds (86 copies)
• The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan (84 copies)
• Such a Strange Lady by Janet Hitchman (83 copies)
• Raymond Chandler: A Biography by Tom Hiney (81 copies)
• Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work… by Mauro V. Corvasce (76 copies)
• Private Eyes: A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating… by Hal Blythe (74 copies)
• Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: The Mystery Behind the Agatha… by Pierre Bayard (73 copies)
• Writing the Modern Mystery (Genre Writing Series) by Barbara Norville (73 copies)
• Agatha Christie by Janet Morgan (70 copies)
• Maltese Manuscript by Joanne Dobson (69 copies)
• The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of… by Dorothy L. Sayers (69 copies)
• You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write) by Gillian Roberts (67 copies)
• Scratch the Surface by Susan Conant (66 copies)
• Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series) by Mauro V. Corvasce (64 copies)
• Just the Facts, Ma'Am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators… by Greg Fallis (62 copies)
• How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step… by James N. Frey (57 copies)
• The Life of Raymond Chandler by Frank MacShane (56 copies)
• Dorothy L. Sayers by James Brabazon (54 copies)
• The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved by Judith Freeman (51 copies)
• How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the… by Carolyn Wheat (51 copies)
• The Mystery of Agatha Christie by Gwen Robyns (45 copies)
• Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler by Raymond Chandler (45 copies)
• Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes (42 copies)
• Dorothy and Agatha by Gaylord Larsen (42 copies)
• Raymond Chandler Speaking by Raymond Chandler (42 copies)
• How to Write a Mystery by Larry Beinhart (42 copies)
• Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman by Tony Hillerman (42 copies)
• Writing & Selling Your Mystery Novel: How To Knock 'Em Dead… by Hallie Ephron (41 copies)
• A Smile on the Face of the Tiger (The Amos Walker Series… by Loren D. Estleman (39 copies)
• How to Write Mysteries by Shannon O'Cork (39 copies)
• The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and… by Raymond Chandler (38 copies)
• Black Beech and Honeydew by Ngaio Marsh (33 copies)
• Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett : 1921-1960 by Dashiell Hammett (29 copies)
• John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G Greene (29 copies)

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