{"product_id":"investigating-women-female-detectives-by-canadian-writers-an-eclectic-sampler-paperback","title":"Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers: An Eclectic Sampler - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Skene-Melvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet some fascinating females: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eJennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe 60s' Eve Adam, the \"Rock Hit of Prague,\" whose methods violate all the \"rules\" for detective books\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto's Queen Street West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin's introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou will recognize many of the writers included in \u003ci\u003eInvestigating Women\u003c\/i\u003e: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in \u003ci\u003eInvestigating Women\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. David Skene-Melvin is the dean of anthologizers of Canadian criminous short fiction and has previously edited \u003cem\u003eCrime in a Cold Climate, Investigating Women\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBloody York\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the compiler of \u003cem\u003eCanadian Crime Fiction 1817-1996\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 289\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.09 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44305951228039,"sku":"9780889242692","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bkFjoEuGMc9780889242692.webp?v=1774961220","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/investigating-women-female-detectives-by-canadian-writers-an-eclectic-sampler-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}