Syllabus for Detective Fiction class

Fo sho! (as my students here in the "Yay area" say.

•    The Maltese Falcon —Dashiell Hammett
•    The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler
•    The Grifters – Jim Thompson
•    The Last Good Kiss – James Crumley
•    Queenpin – Megan Abbott
•    Eight Million Ways to Die – Lawrence Block
•    The Chill – Ross MacDonald
•    The Talented Mr. Ripley—Patricia Highsmith
•    Gone Baby Gone – Dennis Lehane