Supplemental Materials for “Crime Fiction” An Audio Program from This Goodly Land: Alabama’s Literary Landscape

Program Description

Interviewer Maiben Beard and Dr. Christopher Keirstead of the Auburn University Department of English discuss crime fiction.

Reading List

Anthologies and Overviews

• Ascari, Maurizio. A Counter-History of Crime Fiction: Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. • Cassuto, Leonard. Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. • Haining, Peter. The Classic Era of Crime Fiction. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2002. • Haycraft, Howard. Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, 1941. Rpt. New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1968. Rpt. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1984. • Horsley, Lee. Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. • Herbert, Rosemary, Catherine Aird, and John M. Reilly, eds. The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. • Irwin, John T. Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 2006. • Knight, Stephen. Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. • Lehman, David. The Perfect Murder: A Study in Detection. New York: , 1989. Rpt. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. • Mansfield-Kelley, Deane, and Lois A.Marchino, eds. The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005. Rpt. as Death by Pen: The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction from Poe to Paretsky. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. • Priestman, Martin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. • Roth, Marty. Foul & Fair Play: Reading Genre in Classic Detective Fiction. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995. • Rzepka, Charles J. Detective Fiction. Cambridge: Polity, 2005. • Scaggs, John. Crime Fiction. New York: Routledge, 2005. • Sims, Michael, ed. The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime: Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes. New York: , 2009. • Stashower, Daniel. The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder. New York: Dutton, 2006. • Symons, Julian. Mortal Consequences: A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Rpt. as Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. • Thomas, Ronald R. Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. • Walton, Priscilla L., and Manina Jones. Detective Agency: Women Rewriting the Hard- Boiled Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

Alabama Authors

Ace Atkins

• Atkins, Ace. Crossroad Blues. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998. • ---. Leavin’ Trunk Blues: A Nick Travers Mystery. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000. • ---. Dark End of the Street. New York: William Morrow, 2002. • ---. Dirty South. New York: William Morrow, 2004. • ---. White Shadow. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006. • ---. Wicked City. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008. • ---. Devil’s Garden. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.

Jimmy Buffett

• Buffett, Jimmy. Where Is Joe Merchant? A Novel Tale. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

W. E. Butterworth/W.E.B. Griffin

• Griffin, W. E. B. Men in Blue. New York: Jove Books, 1988. • ---. Special Operations. New York: Jove Books, 1989. • ---. The Victim. New York: Jove, 1991. • ---. The Witness. New York: Jove Books, 1992. • ---. The Assassin. New York: Jove, 1993. • ---. The Murderers. New York: G. P.Putnam’s Sons, 1994. Rpt. New York: Jove Books, 1995. • ---. The Investigators. New York: G. P.Putnam’s Sons, 1997. Rpt. New York: Jove Books, 1998. • ---. Final Justice. New York: G. P.Putnam’s Sons, 2003. Rpt. New York: Jove Books, 2004.

Truman Capote

• Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. New York: , 1966. Rpt. New York: , 1994. Rpt. New York: Random House, 2002.

C. Terry Cline, Jr.

• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Prey. New York: , 1985. • ---. Reaper. New York: D. I. Fine, 1989.

Octavus Roy Cohen

• Cohen, Octavus Roy, and J. U. Giesy. The Other Woman. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1917. [An online version of The Other Woman is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=LcQiAAAAMAAJ.] • Cohen, Octavus Roy. The Crimson Alibi. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919. • ---. Gray Dusk. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. [An online version of Gray Dusk is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=pwwXAAAAYAAJ.] • ---. Six Seconds of Darkness. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. [An online version of Six Seconds of Darkness is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=sGwZAAAAYAAJ.] • ---. Midnight. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1922. [An online version of Midnight is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=vcwiAAAAMAAJ.] • ---. Jim Hanvey, Detective. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1923. • ---. The Iron Chalice. Boston: Little, Brown, 1925. • ---. The Outer Gate. Boston: Little, Brown, 1927. • ---. The May Day Mystery. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1929. • ---. The Backstage Mystery. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1930. • ---. Star of Earth. New York: D. Appleton, 1932. • ---. The Townsend Murder Mystery. New York: Appleton-Century Inc., 1933. • ---. Child of Evil. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1936. • ---. I Love You Again. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1937. • ---. East of Broadway. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1938. • ---. Strange Honeymoon. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1939. • ---. Romance in Crimson. New York: D. Appleton Century, 1940. Rpt. as Murder in Season. New York: Popular Library, 1946. • ---. Lady in Armor. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1941. • ---. Sound of Revelry. New York: Macmillan Co., 1943. • ---. Romance in the First Degree. New York: Macmillan, 1944. • ---. Danger in Paradise. New York: Macmillan Co., 1946. • ---. Dangerous Lady. New York: Macmillan Co., 1946. • ---. Love Has No Alibi. New York: Macmillan, 1946. • ---. Don’t Ever Love Me. New York: Macmillan Co., 1947. • ---. My Love Wears Black. New York: Macmillan Co., 1948. • ---. More Beautiful than Murder. New York: Macmillan, 1948. • ---. A Bullet for My Love. New York: Macmillan, 1950. • ---. The Corpse that Walked. New York: , 1951. • ---. Lost Lady. New York: Fawcett Publications, 1951. • ---. Love Can Be Dangerous. New York: Macmillan, 1955. Rpt. as The Intruder. New York: Graphic Books, 1956.

Thomas H. Cook

• Cook, Thomas H. Blood Innocents. New York: Playboy Press , 1980. Rpt. New York: , 1986. Rpt. Unity, Maine: Five Star, 1999. • ---. Tabernacle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. • ---. Sacrificial Ground. New York: Putnam, 1988. • ---. Flesh and Blood. New York: Putnam, 1989. • ---. Streets of Fire. New York: Putnam, 1989. • ---. Night Secrets. New York: Putnam, 1990. • ---. Early Graves: A Shocking True-Crime Story of the Youngest Woman Ever Sentenced to Death Row. New York: Dutton, 1990. • ---. Evidence of Blood. New York: Putnam, 1991. • ---. Blood Echoes: The True Story of an Infamous Mass Murder and Its Aftermath. New York: Dutton, 1992. • ---. Mortal Memory. New York: Putnam, 1993. • ---. Breakheart Hill. New York: Bantom Books, 1995. • ---. The Chatham School Affair. New York: Bantom Books, 1996. • ---. Instruments of Night. New York: Bantom Books, 1998. • ---. Places in the Dark. New York: Bantom Book, 2000. • ---. Interrogation. New York: Bantom Books, 2002. • King, Larry, and Thomas H. Cook. Moon over Manhattan: Mystery and Mayhem. Beverly Hills, Calif.: New Millennium Press, 2003. • Cook, Thomas H. Peril. New York: Bantom Books, 2004. • ---. Into the Web. New York: Bantom Books, 2004. • ---. Red Leaves. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2005. • ---. The Cloud of Unknowing. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2007. • ---. Master of the Delta. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2008. • ---. The Fate of Katherine Carr. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2009.

Cecil Dawkins

• Dawkins, Cecil. The Santa Fe Rembrandt. New York: Ivy Books, 1993. • ---. Clay Dancers. New York: , 1994. • ---. Rare Earth. New York: Ivy Books, 1995. • ---. Turtle Truths. New York: Ivy Books, 1997.

Babs H. Deal

• Deal, Babs H. Fancy’s Knell. Garden City, N.Y.: Doublday, 1966. • ---. The Walls Came Tumbling Down. Garden City, N.Y.: , 1968. Rpt. as Friendships, Secrets and Lies. New York: Falcon Crest, 1979.

Tim Dorsey

• Dorsey, Tim. Florida Roadkill. New York: Morrow, 1999. • ---. Hammerhead Ranch Motel. New York: W. Morrow, 2000. • ---. Orange Crush. New York: W. Morrow, 2001. • ---. Triggerfish Twist. New York: W. Morrow, 2002. • ---. The Stingray Shuffle. New York: William Morrow, 2003. • ---. Cadillac Beach. New York: William Morrow, 2004. • ---. Torpedo Juice. New York: Morrow, 2005. • ---. The Big Bamboo. New York: Morrow, 2006. • ---. Hurricane Punch. New York: Morrow, 2007. • ---. Atomic Lobster. New York: William Morrow, 2008. • ---. Nuclear Jellyfish. New York: William Morrow, 2009.

Anne George

• George, Anne. Murder on a Girls’ Night Out. New York: Avon Books, 1996. • ---. Murder on a Bad Hair Day. New York: Avon Books, 1996. • ---. Murder Runs in the Family. New York: Avon Books, 1997. • ---. Murder Makes Waves. New York: Avon Books, 1997. • ---. Murder Gets a Life: A Southern Sisters Mystery. New York: Avon Books, 1998. • ---. Murder Shoots the Bull: A Southern Sisters Mystery. New York: Avon Twilight, 1999. • ---. Murder Carries a Torch: A Southern Sisters Mystery. New York: Morrow, 2000 • ---. Murder Boogies with Elvis: A Southern Sisters Mystery. New York: W. Morrow, 2001.

Carolyn Haines

Haines, Carolyn. Them Bones. New York: Bantom Books, 1999. • ---. Buried Bones. New York: Bantom Books, 2000. • ---. Splintered Bones. New York: Delacorte Press, 2002. • ---. Crossed Bones. New York: Delacorte Press, 2003. • ---. Hallowed Bones. New York: Delacorte Press, 2004. • ---. Judas Burning. Montgomery, Ala.: River City Pub., 2005. • ---. Bones to Pick. New York: Kensington Books, 2006. • ---. Penumbra. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006. • ---. Fever Moon. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007. • ---. Ham Bones. New York: Kensington Books, 2007. • ---. Revenant. Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA, 2007. • ---. Wishbones. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008. • ---. Greedy Bones. New York: Minotaur Books, 2009.

Gustav Hasford

• Hasford, Gustav. A Gypsy Good Time. New York: Washington Square Press, 1992.

W. L. Heath

• Heath, W. L. Violent Saturday. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Rpt. Berkeley, Calif: Creative Arts, 1985. • ---. Ill Wind. New York: Harper, 1957. Rpt. Berkeley, Calif.: Creative Arts, 1985. • ---. Temptation in a Southern Town. New York: Hillman Periodicals, 1959. • ---. The Good Old Boys. New York: McCall Pub. Co., 1971.

John Logue

• Logue, John. Follow the Leader. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979. • ---. Replay: Murder. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983. • ---. Flawless Execution. New York: Ballantine Books, 1986. • ---. Murder on the Links. New York: Dell, 1996. • ---. The Feathery Touch of Death. New York: Dell, 1997. • ---. A Rain of Death. New York: Dell, 1998. • ---. On a Par with Murder. New York: Dell Publ., 1999.

Sara Elizabeth Mason

• Mason, Sara Elizabeth. Murder Rents a Room. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1943. • ---. The House that Hate Built. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1944. • ---. The Crimson Feather. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1945. • ---. The Whip. New York: W. Morrow, 1948.

Richard North Patterson

• Patterson, Richard North. The Lasko Tangent. New York: Norton, 1979. • ---. The Outside Man. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. • ---. Escape the Night. New York: Random House, 1983. • ---. Private Screening. New York: , 1985. • ---. Degree of Guilt. New York: A. A. Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1993. • ---. Eyes of a Child. New York: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1995. • ---. The Final Judgment. New York: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1995. Rpt. as Caroline Masters. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. • ---. Silent Witness. New York: A. A. Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1997. • ---. No Safe Place. New York: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1998. • ---. Protect and Defend: A Novel. New York, Knopf, 2000. • ---. Dark Lady. New York, Knopf, 1999. • ---. Balance of Power. New York: Ballantine, 2003. • ---. Conviction: A Novel. New York: Random House, 2005. • ---. Exile: A Novel. New York: H. Holt, 2007. • ---. The Race. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2007. • ---. Eclipse: A Novel. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2009.

Celestine Sibley

• Sibley, Celestine. The Malignant Heart. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1958. • ---. Ah, Sweet Mystery. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. • ---. Straight as an Arrow. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. • ---. Dire Happenings at Scratch Ankle. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. • ---. A Plague of Kinfolks: A Kate Mulcay Mystery. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. • ---. in the Sink: A Kate Mulcay Mystery. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.

Mike Stewart

• Stewart, Mike. The Sins of the Brother. New York: G. B. Putnam’s Sons, 1999. • ---. Dog Island. New York: G. B. Putnam’s Sons, 2000. • ---. A Clean Kill. New York: G. B. Putnam’s Sons, 2002. • ---. A Perfect Life. New York: Bantom Dell, 2005.

Clement Wood

• Wood, Clement. The Tabloid Murders: Mystery Story in Startling New Technique. New York: Macaulay Co., 1930. • ---. Death on the Pampas: A Story of Modern Espionage. New York: Mystery House, 1944. • ---. Death in Ankara: A Story of Modern Espionage. New York: Mystery House, 1944. • ---. The Corpse in the Guest Room: A Skeleton Keyne Mystery. New York: Arcadia House, 1945. • ---. Double Jeopardy: A Skeleton Keyne Mystery. New York: Arcadia House, 1947.

Web Sites

• Ashley, Mike. “The Thrill of the Chase: A Survey of Collectible Crime.” Crime Time. 2009. http://www.crimetime.co.uk/features/thrillofthechase.php • Grost, Michael E. A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection. 2009. http://mikegrost.com/classics.htm • Horsley, Lee. CrimeCulture. 2008. http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/CrimeFiction.html • Lehman, David. “The Mysterious Romance of Murder.” Boston Review. 2005. http://bostonreview.net/BR25.1/lehman.html • Marling, William. “Detective Novels: An Overview.” detnovel.com. 2007. Case Western Reserve University. http://www.detnovel.com/ • “Mystery Time Line.” MysteryNet: The Online Mystery Network. 2009. MysteryNet and Newfront Productions, Inc. http://www.mysterynet.com/timeline/ • “The History of and Articles about Classic Crime Fiction.” Classic Crime Fiction. 2009. Goldeneye Rare Books. http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/history-articles.htm • Robinson, Marlyn. “Collins to Grisham: A Brief History of the Legal Thriller.” Tarlton Law Library: Law in Popular Culture Collection. The University of Texas at Austin. http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/legstud.html • Willett, Ralph. “Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction.” British Association for American Studies. 2009. http://www.baas.ac.uk/resources/pamphlets/pamphdets.asp?id=23

Discussion Questions

• As the popularity of crime fiction has increased, publishers have increased the numbers of new titles being released in this genre. Is this more likely to increase or decrease the quality of the novels produced? Explain. • The line between “literary fiction which features crime” and “crime fiction” varies depending on who is drawing it—authors, publishers, booksellers, critics, or readers. Why do you think we make this distinction? What are some works that you think straddle this line? • Crime novels that feature minority detectives may include settings that describe cultures or sub-cultures that are unfamiliar to the average mystery reader. Do such books increase tolerance for these minority cultures or do they attract readers who are already more tolerant?

Lesson Plans

• Grades 6-8 o Clayton, Vanessa. “Detective Fiction: Focus on Critical Thinking.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.01.x.html o Doyle, Diana. “‘Murder’ They Read.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/4/89.04.03.x.html o Gaudioso, Marilyn. “It’s a Mystery to Me.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.07.x.html o Pompano, Angelo J. “Teaching Detective Fiction through a Cross Curriculum Unit.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.10.x.html o Velardi, Patrick A. “Plot, Character, and Setting: A Study of Mystery and Detective Fiction.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/4/89.04.09.x.html o Wilson, Ruth M. “Detective Fiction for Remedial Readers.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/4/89.04.10.x.html • Grades 9-12 o Breese, Bonnee. “Crime Fiction Investigation: ‘Socially Correct or Not, Let Me Tell You Who Did It’.” Yale National Initiative. 2009. Yale University. http://teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/search/viewer.php?id=initiative_07.02.06_u o Celotto, Elizabeth S. “History/Mystery: Regionalism and Ethnicity in the American Detective Novel.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/1/82.01.03.x.html o Gaines, Lisa. “Expository Escapade—Detective’s Handbook.” Read-Write-Think. 2009. International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=40 o Gray, Che-Mai. “Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study.” Read-Write-Think. 2009. International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=796 o Schwartz, Ruth. “Mystery and Detective Fiction: Comparison and Contrast.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2009. Yale University and New Haven Public Schools. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/4/89.04.08.x.html