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Publisher Marketing: The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.

Contributor Bio:  Bargainnier, Earl F Earl F. Bargainnier was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles and edited "Ten Women of Mystery "and "Twelve Englishmen of Mystery "and co-edited "Cops and Constables," Professor Bargainnier died January 3, 1987.