Crime-Mystery-Detective Stories | Victoria A. Brownworth (essay date 1995)
Victoria A. Brownworth (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: Brownworth, Victoria A. Introduction to Out for Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, edited by Victoria A. Brownworth, pp. ix-xiv. Chicago: Third Side Press, 1995.
[In the following introduction to an anthology of crime-mystery-detective stories written by women, Brownworth considers the contributions of female authors to the development of the genre, and provides an overview of selections included in the volume.]
I have always, since I was a young child, loved mysteries—suspense, detective stories, ghost tales. The first mystery I ever read was The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keene; at eight, it was my introduction to Nancy Drew and my life-long romance with mystery. Carolyn Keene was followed by a host of gothic, mystery, detective, and suspense writers—Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, Victoria Holt, Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden, Daphne du Maurier,...
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