Keeley Library Student Pages:
English -
Mystery / Crime Fiction
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Detective Stories" or "Mystery Stories." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Detective and mystery stories--Bibliography
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Ghost stories
- Horror stories
The following authors are just some suggestions for your search. All of them are classic mystery / crime fiction writers:
- Ambler, Eric
- Bloch, Robert
- Buchan, John
- Cain, James M.
- Chandler, Raymond
- Chesterton, G.K.
- Christie, Agatha
- Clark, Mary Higgins
- Collins, Wilkie
- Condon, Richard
- Dahl, Roald
- Deighton, Len
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Du Maurier, Daphne
- Fleming Ian
- Freeman, R. Austin
- Greene, Graham
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Harris, Thomas
- Highsmith, Patricia
- Hornung, Ernest William
- Le Carre, John
- Leonard, Elmore
- Ludlum, Robert
- MacDonald, John D.
- MacDonald, Ross
- Melville, Davidson Post
- Parker, Robert B.
- Poe, Edgar Allen
- Rinehart, Mary Roberts
- Sayers, Dorothy
- Spillane, Mickey
- Thompson, Jim
- Van Dine, S.S.
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- Agatha Christie A to Z
- The bibliography of crime fiction, 1749-1975
- Classic crime and suspense writers
- Classic mystery writers
- Detectionary : a biographical dictionary of leading characters in detective and mystery fiction
- Modern crime and suspense writers
- Modern mystery writers
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