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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

  • Col. Prentiss Ingraham & J. H. Ingraham: Father and Son Novelists

    Col. Prentiss Ingraham & J. H. Ingraham: Father and Son Novelists

  • 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