For Further Investigation
BOOKS
Godfrey, T. (1989). English country house murders. New York: The Mysterious Press.
Murch, A.E. (1968). The development of the detective novel. New York: Greenwood Press.
Panek, L.L. (1987). An introduction to the detective story. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular
Press.
Symons, J. (1969). The Detective story in Britain. London: Longman’s, Green & Co.
Symons, J. (1972). Mortal consequences: A history from the detective story to the crime novel. New York: Harper
and Row.
WEB PAGES
Bookfinder.com (a source for used and out of print books, because many works of golden age detective fiction are
currently out of print)
The Complete Newgate Calendar, vol. 1 (this is a record of the criminals in Newgate prison and their crimes from the
18th-19th centuries.)
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