So, I'm teaching a "Mystery As Lit" course next semester. What books should I use?

[Jon Loomis]

I'm going with Mosley's "Devil In A Blue Dress" for sure. Also something by Chandler, but which one? They're all so great, but is one particularly iconic or complex? I'd like to teach one of van de Wetering's books, and probably an Agatha Christie. So I still need three or four more. Any suggestions/thoughts would be most helpful. Diversity/variety is a big plus.

[Suzanne]

There's a clever little book called "Rome on Five Denarii a Day." Its format is that of a travel book, and Rome is described as it appeared during the time of the Caesars. Thought someone should do the same for other cities/times, e.g., Shakespearean London, or Moscow in 1917.

[pr]

I've seen that book. There's at least one other in a similar format, I think about ancient Egypt.
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