TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brody,Howard
TI  - Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel
SN  - 9781527564800
AV  - PR830 .D638 2021
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, American
KW  - Physicians in literature
KW  - Detectives in literature
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 2; b
N2  - 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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