Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel
This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of one variant of the mystery story or novel--the use of a physician as the major detective. There is little difference between a medical ""case study"" and a mystery story. The book reviews the works of major authors, from R. A...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publisher,
2021
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| Summary: | This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of one variant of the mystery story or novel--the use of a physician as the major detective. There is little difference between a medical ""case study"" and a mystery story. The book reviews the works of major authors, from R. Austin Freeman, Helen McCloy, Josephine Bell, and H.C. Bailey, to Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Aaron Elkins, and Colin Cotterill, with briefer reviews of minor authors. It also addresses historical (fictional) physician detectives, psychological detectives, and physician detective nonfiction.Physicians and health wo |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1527564800 9781527564800 |