title: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
author:  Bill Pronzini 
description: This bibliography includes lengthy reviews of 1001 mystery classics by every major author in the field from Edgar Allen Poe to authors first published in 1984. The book differs from the only other extensive annotated mystery bibliography, A Catalogue of Crime (1971), in that the signed 350-word annotations are longer and offer general commentaries on the author's work, extensive plot summaries, and a coded classification of book types such as comedy, private eye, etc. More complete information on mystery authors may be found in John M. Reilly's excellent Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers ( LJ 10/15/80; 1985. 2d ed.). This work's place in the reference collection is primarily as a reader's adviser and plot summary book fit for both neophyte and expert. Dennis Dillon, Univ. of Texas Lib., Austin<BR>Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: **ALSO BY ROBERT CRAIS**
  
   _The Promise_
  
   _Suspect_
  
   _Taken_
  
   _The Sentry_
  
   _The First Rule_
  
   _Chasing Darkness_
  
   _The Watchmen_
  
   _The Two Minute Rule_
  
   _The Forgotten Man_
  
   _The Last Detective_
  
   _Hostage_
  
   _Demolition Angel_
  
   _L.A. Requiem_
  
   _Indigo Slam_
  
   _Sunset Express_
  
   _Voodoo River_
  
   _Free Fall_
  
   _Lullaby Town_
  
   _Stalking the Angel_
  
   _The Monkey’s Raincoat_
  
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