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Keywords (use the Boolean operator "AND" to connect key terms) 
Sample search: Hammett AND history and criticism 
Title (omit initial articles such as ‘the' and ‘a') 
Sample search: Maltese Falcon

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Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism
Crime in literature
Film noir

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Sample search: Christie, Agatha

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