Sleuths, Sidekicks and Stooges: An Annotated Bibliography of Detectives, their Assistants and their Rivals in Crime, Mystery and Adventure Fiction, 1795‐1995

The detective story is really coming of age now: in recent years it has received increasing amounts of critical study as well as a growing reference apparatus, much of that reviewed and highlighted in Reference Reviews. Whether this is recognition of the critical value of this field of popular literature or a reaction to its popularity (and so to a likely market) is of little relevance to those of us who enjoy the genre and who benefit both from the critical studies and the reference aids. Even so, gaps can appear in the reference market, and hence this title. Despite...