This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, modern English well-suited to a genre which has traditionally broken ground in terms of aggressive writing, contemporary scenarios, and tough dialogue.
Robert Herrick (1591 1674) achieved fame only in the nineteenth century. The book features approximately fifty reproductions of illustrations of Hesperides. "
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