Pitts looks at the celluloid careers of more than three dozen
sleuths, including Arsene Lupin, Hercule Poirot, Mike Hammer, Miss Jane
Marple, Perry Mason, Philip Marlowe, The Shadow, Sherlock Holmes, and
The Whistler, and a number of screen gumshoes with brief movie careers
and TV detectives. Each chapter highlights a different detective,
covering the character's films, the performers who played him or her,
the character's image in other media (stage, radio, television,
recordings, etc.), plus a detailed filmography and a bibliography of the
fictional works about each detective. With additions and corrections to
the base volume and scores of photographs.
Hardcover book in like new condition.