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Publishing History

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Editions Published
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Subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Private investigators, California, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, New york (n.y.), fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction, Mystery, Spenser (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Massachusetts, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Florida, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Police

Places

California, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Boston, New York (State), New York, Boston (Mass.), Florida, New York (N.Y.), Los Angeles (Calif.), San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), United States, Chicago (Ill.), Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.), Louisiana, Seattle (Wash.), Washington (State), Michigan

People

Spenser (Fictitious character), Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970), Lucas Davenport (Fictitious character), Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character), Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), Kevin (Fictitious character) Kerney, Sir Tobias Glendower (fictitious character), A down-on-her-luck dame, Alex Delaware (Fictitious character)

Times

Vespasian, 69-79, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1960s Florida

Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Robert B. Parker, 66 books
Lawrence Block, 51 books
Marcia Muller, 46 books
Ross Macdonald, 43 books
Raymond Chandler, 37 books
John D. MacDonald, 33 books
Loren D. Estleman, 24 books
James Lee Burke, 23 books
Max Allan Collins, 22 books
Don Pendleton, 20 books
Andrew Vachss, 19 books
Mickey Spillane, 18 books
Lawrence Sanders, 16 books
Robert Parker, 15 books
Lindsey Davis, 14 books
Earl W. Emerson, 13 books
John Lutz, 13 books
Gregory Mcdonald, 13 books
James Ellroy, 13 books
James Crumley, 13 books
George P. Pelecanos, 12 books
Margot Arnold, 12 books
James Lee Burke, 11 books
George Bellairs, 11 books
Dashiell Hammett, 11 books