Writing the Private Eye Novel:

A Handbook by the Private Eye Writers of America

edited by Robert J. Randisi

Writer’s Digest Books, Cincinnati. OH. 1997. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 228 pages. (6¼ X 9¼). Introduction by the editor. Many of the great mystery writers of today give their thoughts on every phase of the private eye novel. They include Ed Gorman, Max Allan Collins, John Lutz, Sue Grafton, and Lawrence Block. The book finishes with a section on the contributors and an index.

Scan and Commentary by Bob Gaines