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2015 Edgar Finalist for CriticismThe rivals of Perry Mason . . . From its early days, mystery fiction has drawn some of its most vivid characters and colorful stories from the annals of the law. Here Francis M. Nevins, twice winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for scholarship, takes readers on a lively tour of fictional lawyers and factual legal issues in magazines, books, movies, and television.From 1930s horse operas to la...

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If you were first exposed to television as a child in the early 1950s when your parents bought their first set, you probably saw the words "directed by Paul Landres" on the screen several times a week. His name became familiar by sheer repetition on the end credits of episode after episode of what youngsters were watching in those days: The Cisco Kid, Boston Blackie, The Lone Ranger, Sky King, Cowboy G-Men, and Ramar of the Jungle. This book i...

The first full-length account of the life and work of Joseph H. Lewis, the noted director of films such as My Name is Julia Ross (1945) and The Halliday Brand (1957).

Publishers Weekly: "Considering the wealth of professional and personal information, it's tempting to call this definitive." Francis M. Nevins, twice winner of the prestigious Edgar award for critical studies of Cornell Woolrich and Ellery Queen, delivers an unsurpassable work on "all things Queen." With an extensive bibliography, detailed histories of Ellery Queen in books, movies, radio and television, and reminiscences by both Fred Dannay a...

Rev. ed. of: The films of the Cisco Kid . 1998.

Cornucopia of Crime: Memories and Summations. Francis M. Nevins has spent the past 40 years writing about crime, including six novels and numerous short stories. But he is also well-known for his writing ABOUT the people who write crime fiction and no one knows the masters of the art better than he. This 456-page juggernaut is full of lore about the titans of mystery, such as Cornell Woolrich, Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, as well as cri...

Rev. ed. of: The films of the Cisco Kid . 1998.

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