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Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."
His love of detective novels often paid off in the real world.
As they say in the detective novels, everything fell into place.
And it had all the elements of a detective novel.
But the detective novels failed to make enough money to support him.
If this were a detective novel, he would be the hero.
The same is true for the opening of the detective novel in Task 1.
"Well, I have read every detective novel that has been published in the last ten years."
In addition to all this, he still found time to write a play, and several detective novels.
From 1955 until 1998 he published a Gently detective novel nearly every year.
Before writing her first detective novel at the age of 39, she taught literature in high school.
This isn't a detective novel, it only looks like one.
So this is an altogether new factor when we come to the detective novel.
You have got the fire in your belly that will make an excellent detective novel.
Internationally she is best known for her 32 detective novels published between 1934 and 1982.
I think I'd like to do a detective novel.
Do you think your detective novels have any literary merit?
Science fiction also has a devoted following, as do detective novels.
There are always good detective novels to be found, and I like remembering them next morning with my coffee.
Since 1999 also been a writer of sensational and detective novels.
This wasn't your everyday kind of detective novel after all.
This is the most realistic form of mystery and detective novels.
Why do you think the detective novel is the best-selling genre in the country today?
The same can be said of many detective novels.
This is usually taken to be the first full-length detective novel in English.