It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes wasdistinguished1. In an incoherent and, as I deeply feel, anentirely2inadequate3fashion, I have endeavored to give some...
Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have ...
Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels are one of the more unique entrants into the mystery genre. Combining the intellectual acumen of a Sherlock Holmes (Wolfe) with the hard-boiled street smarts of a Sam Spade (Archie Goodwin), the novels are a treat to the ears, especially for lovers of good...
(23)of bestselling books. Some of the world’s famous crime writers have achieved the(24)success of all. Who can(25)the appeal of famous detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot Even if you haven’t read the original books you will have seen(26)in films or on ...
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It would be the perfect case forSherlock HolmesorInspector Morseor, dare we say, C. Auguste Dupin, the first detective to appear in fiction. This last investigator would be fitting as the scene is ripped from the real life and real death of his creator, Edgar Allan Poe. ...
In 2005, I followed these polar explorers to the lonely shores of Antarctica in search of forensic evidence for the 11th novel in my geologic mystery series. While trying to maintain the crude wilderness etiquette of not tracking crumbling trachyte into penguinologist and Cape Royds host David ...