The mystery readers' advisory: the librarian's clues to murder and mayhem
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Main Author: Charles, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago American Library Association 2002
Series:ALA readers' advisory series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index
Mysteries: Why readers love them -- Short history of the mystery -- Mystery subgenres: Characteristics and appeal -- Mystery readers and the readers' advisory interview -- Resources: it's who, not what, you know -- Collection development -- Marketing your mystery collection -- Appendixes: Mystery book lists by subgenre -- Mystery book lists by theme -- Genre resources
Three librarians from Scottsdale, Arizona provide library staff with an introduction to the mystery genre and offer tips and techniques for providing advice to mystery readers in the library. They include some of their own bibliographies, but refer readers elsewhere for fuller ones. They also include a brief history of the genre to pass on to readers new to it
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 227 p.)
ISBN:083890811X
0838999077
9780838908112
9780838999073

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