Writing Detective and Mystery Fiction

Boston: The Writer Inc, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 237pp. Slight bumping and some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, mostly presenting as scuffing of the cloth. A very good, clean copy, strong and durable. Internally clean, with the ownership of writer Hugh Holman, author of the Sheriff Macready detective stories, to the front flyleaf (so clearly the advice works). A collection of essays, tips and tricks collected together by Burack from such leading lights as Dorothy L. Sayers, A.A. Fair, Van Wyck Mason, Howard Haycraft etc.