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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
These sorts of 'history of the genre' questions are addressed very well in Martin Edwards The Life of Crime, which provides details that challenge/refute many of the widely held assumptions about who or what came first. And also includes the delightful true story about Mary Roberts Rinehart (not Rhinehart), in which her own real life butler actually did it - or tried to  |
Thanks. I've just put a reserve on it at the library.