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Mystery and Crime Fiction: Historical Setting

A guide to printed and Internet sources of information on mystery and crime fiction, writers, organizations, and more.

Time Periods in Which Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Is Set

These sources will help you find books set in a specific time period, for instance the 1930s.

Niebuhr, Gary Warren. A Reader's Guide to the Private Eye Novel. PN3448 D4 N54 1993

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