Bailey presents a well-written, sometimes uncomfortable, honest look at the Black character in British and American mystery and detective fiction. Bailey has researched her topic thoroughly and brings insights and perceptions from her background in criminal justice, an aspect that makes this work even more valuable as a reliable source of information. . . . This work is highly recommended.ARBA 93
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"I was very impressed by Out of the Woodpile. I found it engrossing, illuminating, insightful, impeccably researched, beautifully written and as a white reader more than a little painful. Congratulations and thanks to Frankie Y. Bailey for an important work of both sociohistory and crime-fiction scholarship." - Bill Pronzini Mystery writer and Co-Editor of The Ethnic Detectives