Media type: E-Article Title: Peter Messent (ed.), Criminal Proceedings: the Contemporary American Crime Novel (London: Pluto, 1997, £40.00 cloth, £13.99 paper). Pp. 252. ISBN 0 74531017 6, 0 74531016 8 Contributor: BLOOM, CLIVE Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1999 Published in: Journal of American Studies, 33 (1999) 1, Seite 89-200 Language: English DOI: 10.1017/s0021875898326092 ISSN: 0021-8758; 1469-5154 Keywords: General Social Sciences ; General Arts and Humanities Origination: Footnote: