This exhibit includes manuscripts, proofs, and other early textual materials; the novels themselves, however, were not digitized.

An historical overview of the genre from the 1840s through the present. Featuring authors with Mississippi ties such as W. C. Falkner, Ben Ames Williams, Newton Gayle, Elliott Chaze, Julie Smith, Thomas Harris, Nevada Barr, Carolyn Haines, Martin Hegwood, Charlaine Harris, and many more.

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Foreword

Foreword

Early Mysteries by Mississippians

Early Mysteries by Mississippians

The Golden Age

The Golden Age

Hard-boiled

Hard-boiled

Mid-Twentieth Century

Mid-Twentieth Century

Faulkner and Welty

Faulkner and Welty

Segregation & Civil Rights

Segregation & Civil Rights

Neo-Noir in Mississippi

Neo-Noir in Mississippi

Female Detectives

Female Detectives

Blues

Blues

True Crime

True Crime

Vampires

Vampires