Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction.

Reference guide to mystery and detective fiction / Richard J. Bleiler.

Writing detective and mystery fiction / edited by A. S. Burack.

Anatomy of murder : mystery, detective, and crime fiction / Carl D. Malmgren.

Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction : authors / edited by Frank N. Magill.

Who done it? : A guide to detective, mystery, and suspense fiction / by Ordean A. Hagen.

Make mine a mystery : a reader's guide to mystery and detective fiction / Gary Warren Niebuhr.

1001 midnights : the aficionado's guide to mystery and detective fiction / by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller.

The bibliography of crime fiction, 1749-1975 : listing all mystery, detective, suspense, police, and gothic fiction in book form published in the English language / Allen J. Hubin.

Detectionary : a biographical dictionary of leading characters in detective and mystery fiction, including famous and little-known sleuths, their helpers, rogues both heroic and sinister, and some of their most memorable adventures, as recounted in novels, short stories, and films / compiled by Otto Penzler, Chris Steinbrunner ... [and others].

The haunted churchbell / written and illustrated by Barbara Ninde Byfield.

The mystery at Far Reach / by Gladys Baker Bond and Florence Baker Bertram, illustrated by Elisabeth Grant.