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For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and
detective fiction. Starting in 2008, the journal is published by McFarland with the same
outstanding Clues editorial staff.
With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, Clues
covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television, and
movies. As the only U.S. scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential
reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados;
librarians; and mystery authors, fans, and critics around the globe.
Information on subscription options,
back issues, and e-journal access
may be found here. Also, for those who wish to propose an article,
editorial contact information and guidelines may be
found here. If you have a question not covered by these resources, please
email us.
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Reviews:
“Clues is a must-have for readers and writers of crime fiction. Scholarly,
thought-provoking, wide-ranging in its topics, Clues covers the crime and thriller map.”—Sara Paretsky
“A. Conan Doyle, notoriously resentful of Sherlock Holmes’s success, liked to scorn
‘police romances’ as less significant and worthy of his talents than his other literary work.
If he could have read Clues, the thinking mystery reader’s journal, he would surely have
felt differently—and learned much he never realized himself about even his own landmark contribution
to the genre, from which so much else by others has flowed.”—Jon Lellenberg, U.S. agent for the Arthur
Conan Doyle estate
“I love reading Clues. Every issue provides thought-provoking, well-researched articles. The
variety and scope of the material found in Clues makes an unparalleled, ongoing contribution to our
understanding of the role of crime fiction in our culture, and the genre’s reflection of its time and
society.”—Jan Burke, Edgar-winning author of The Messenger (2009)
“Clues is an important journal. It carries the torch of tradition that is the backbone of detective
fiction. It goes below the surface and gets to the heart of what makes the genre so fascinating and valid
today”—Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch novels, including The Overlook (2007)
“For erudite and fascinating truths about mysteries, follow the clues to Clues, the scholarly
journal that is an essential resource for every serious student of the mystery”—Carolyn Hart,
author of Death Walked In (2008)
“With scholarship ranging from Poe to Peters, nothing beats Clues”—Joan Hess, author of Mummy Dearest (2008).
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