I recently mentioned two crime fiction reference books, How to Write a Dick, from real-life PIs Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman, and also Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately about Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure from attorney Leslie Budewitz.
There are a few additional upcoming reference titles you may find both entertaining and enlightening, including Clues to Christie: The Definitive Guide to Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Tommy & Tuppence, and all of Agatha Christie's Mysteries, an eBook from Harper Collins (hat tip to Omnimysteries); Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us by Alisa Bowman and former FBI agent Mary Ellen O'Toole, who worked extensively on serial killer cases, a book featured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune; Crime Fiction from Poe to the Present by Martin Priestman (author of Detective Fiction and Literature and the Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction); and Now Write! Mysteries: Suspense, Crime, Thriller, and Other Mystery Fiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, by Sherry Ellis and Laurie Lamson, the fourth in the "Now Write" series.
Looking ahead to April 2012, author, blogger and D. P. Lyle, M.D., has a sequel to his popular book Murder & Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers, this one titled More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered. If you haven't visited Dr. Lyle's helpful Writer's Forensics Blog, you should hop over and take a look.
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