Forbidden Fruits:Taboos & Tabooism in Culture

Anatomy of Murder identifies and explores three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection mystery, detective, and crime fiction. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation. Covering the forms of murder fiction, the book examines texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others."