Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-181) and index
Introduction. Crime Writing -- Ch. 1. Making Crime -- Ch. 2. Making of the Detective -- Ch. 3. Detecting the Modern -- Ch. 4. Illegal and Immoral -- Ch. 5. Are the Times a' Changing? -- Ch. 6. Dream That Failed -- Ch. 7. 'On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'
