Whodunit?

Using the OC to Crime & Mystery Writing as its source, our abridged version entitled Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing, will draw upon articles written by knowledgeable contributors which discuss popular mystery writers in the field and the characters they have created.

"Full of the answers to all mystery lovers' questions. Every book shelf needs one."--Tony Hillerman Praise for The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing "A treasure trove.... One that lovers of crime and mystery writing will want on their shelves."--P.D. James "A gold mine of great essays about everything in our field by the people who know their specialty best."--Tony Hillerman "A perfect gift for mystery fans."--The Wall Street Journal "Idiosyncratic, informative, and charming, and the beauty of it is that the book will appeal to novices and experts alike.... This is the book to buy."--The Boston Globe

Rosemary Herbert is book review editor and mystery book review columnist for the Boston Herald. She edited The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing, The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories ( with Tony Hillerman), Murder on Deck! Shipboard & Shoreline Mystery Stories, and Twelve American Crime Stories. She is also the author of The Fatal Art of Entertainment: Interviews with Mystery Writers. A former reference librarian at Harvard University, she created a course on detective fiction at Tufts University.