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title: "The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators"
author: "Martin Edwards"
genre: "Literary Fiction, Non / Hi / Criticism"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "History of the Crime Genre;Evolution of Mystery Literature;Detection and Investigation;Cultural Analysis of Crime;Literary Criticism"
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bnid: "1140408179"
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# The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators

## Context
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