The Mystery Fancier, July/August 1982, Volume 6 Number 4, contains: The Tod Hunter Question, by David E. Funct; Case in Point: Gorky Park, by Fred Isaac; British Murder and British Detective Fiction, by Earl F. Bargainnier; and Amazing Grace, by Bob Sampson.

This volume, which examines the special contributions of a number of women mystery writers, sheds light on this significant example of common interests in recreational reading among women and men and the reasons behind the early and continuing uncharacteristic near-equality of both sexes in this field of endeavor.

This study of the technique of Agatha Christie's detective fiction--sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories--is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions.