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Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women

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A book by Willetta L. Heising

Willetta L. Heising'sDetecting Women Pocket Guide(3rd edition) quickly insinuates itself into your reading life. Like a dictionary in a heated Scrabble game, its one of the first things to pull out of your purse or pocket when you enter a bookstore, … see full wiki

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Author: Willetta L. Heising

Publisher: Purple Moon Press

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Great place to keep track of mystery reading

Dec 15, 1998

by Bill_Peschel
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

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It's indicative of the size of the mystery market that the third edition of this book - restricted solely to female writers with active series - still contains more than 3,700 titles in 224 pages. Editor Willetta Heising has gone to great lengths to improve the readability of the third edition of this pocketbook-sized reference work. Each author is listed along with the name of the series character, the list of books, their publication dates, and small stars indicating titles which were nominated or winners of the various mystery-related awards. Check boxes are included as well as space for writing in new entries. Note that this pocket-book sized version is meant to be used as a tickler when shopping for your next mystery. Look for the reference book of the same name for the large-format version, which contains a mini-biography of each writer and an extensive index of author's names, aliases, mystery locations, occupations and time periods.

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