The American regional mystery

This is an essential purchase for every literate mystery reader who is interested in the locality of mystery novels.Finding mystery fiction by locality is difficult. This work simplifies the task with its listings of 5,700 mystery novels and short stories. I have been specializing in Palm Springs mystery novels for three years and found new titles for my collection. It is an excellent companion/supplement to Hubin's CRIME FICTION (II and/or III)and Olderr's MYSTERY INDEX. If you can't afford this book, please recommend its purchase to your local public library.

From Los Angeles to northern Minnesota, do you have a favorite mystery setting and want to read more about the same area? Or, do you want to know what books are set in a specific place? If so, check out The American Regional Mystery. The book is organized by region, state then subcategory. For example, subcategories in Minnesota include weather, Minnesota Indians, Scandinavian roots amd more. Books that bear on each aspect of a region are noted (for example, William Kent Kreuger's excellent first novel Iron Lake is listed under Minnesota Indians) and often quoted. At the end of each section is an expanded list of books not specifically called out in the text. Despite some typos here and there, this is a terrific reference for the avid mystery enthusiast.