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Contents Preface ix Robin W. Winks Introduction 1 Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries 11 Rita Rippetoe John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic 22 Terrance L. Lewis Lindsey Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire 32 Peter Hunt Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma and the Triumph of Truth 45 Christiane W. Luehrs and Robert B. Luehrs Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael 60 Edward J. Rielly P. C. Doherty: Hugh Corbett, Secret-Agent and Problem-Solver 76 Edward L. Meek, Theron M. Westervelt, and David N. Eldridge Susanna Gregory: Doctor Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine and Detection 85 Jean Coakley Umberto Eco: The Name ofthe Rose 95 Judy Ann Ford Elizabeth Eyre: Detection in the Italian Renaissance 111 Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox Margaret Frazer: Sister Frevisse and Medieval Mysteries 122 Patricia W. Julius Josephine Tey and Others: The Case of Richard III 133 R. Gordon Kelly C. L. Grace: Kathryn Swinbrook, Fifteenth-Century Physician and Sleuth Jean Coakley 147 Michael Clynes: The Recollections of Shallot 156 David N. Eldridge, Theron M. Westervelt, and Edward L. Meek Maan Meyers: The Saga of the Dutchman 169 Frank A. Salamone Bruce Alexander: Sir Henry Fielding and Blind Justice 175 Donna Bradshaw Smith Keith Heller: A Genealogy of Detection in the Eighteenth Century 186 Scott R. Christianson Margaret Lawrence: An Eighteenth-Century Midwife 202 Marie Nelson Stephanie Barron: (Re)Inventing Jane Austen as Detective 213 Anita Vickers Kate Ross: Where Have All the Dandies Gone? 222 Jerry L. Parker James Brewer: Sleuths and Carpetbaggers along the Mississippi River 230 Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. Peter Heck: Mark Twain as Detective Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. Caleb Carr: Running Away from the Darkness Douglas Tallack Anne Perry: Victorian 'Istorian and Murdermonger Linda J. Holland-Toll Peter Lovesey: No Cribbing on History Margaret L. Foxwell Elizabeth Peters: The Last Camel Died at Noon as Lost World Adventure Pastiche Gary Hoppenstand Contributors 240 251 265 283 293 306 ...

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