The frontier heroism of Arthur W. Upfield -- Peter Corris : Sydney, Australia, private eye -- The heroic world of Judson Philips -- Ed Lacy : passage through darkness -- E.V. Cunningham : the case of the poisoned society -- The Chicago talk of Thomas B. Dewey -- The humanistic eggs : fiction of Michael Z. Lewin -- The Ohio valley of Jonathan Valin -- The triumph of humanism in the detective fiction of George C. Chesbro -- John Ball's humanism -- Ralph McInerny : religious detective fiction in Chicago -- Martha G. Webb : 'Somebody's sweet little aunt' -- Christie Tea and Chandler Beer : Martha Grimes' early detective fiction -- Sherlock Holmes as Christian detective : the case of the invisible thief -- The border through Canadian detective field glasses
