Inspecting Psychology: How the Rise of Psychological Ideas Influenced the Development of Detective Fiction

* Tracks the development of psychology as a discipline through the works of highly popular novelists: Wodehouse, Sayers and Christie.
* Provides psychological context for the development of plot and character.
Provides a unique view of the historical context in which Wodehouse, Sayers and Christie chose to include discourses of psychology.
* Examines the way three bestselleing novelists of the 20th century wrote about psychiatry, psychology and psychiatrists and links their interest in these to their lives and their crises, personal and intellectual.