Step into the gaslit streets of London and beyond as this collection presents a thrilling array of detectives who dare to challenge the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Each story introduces a new brilliant mind, offering unique approaches to solving the most perplexing mysteries. Prepare for a journey through classic crime fiction, showcasing the ingenuity and deduction of some of literature's most memorable sleuths.
Catherine Louisa Pirkis was born in London, the daughter of Lewis Stephens Lyne, an accountant and comptroller-general of Inland Revenue. In 1872, at the age of 33, Pirkis married Frederick Edward Pirkis, fleet-paymaster for the Royal Navy, and the couple moved often. They had a daughter (born 1874 in Surrey) and a son (born 1876 in Belgium). Pirkis wrote her first novel, Disappeared from Her Home, in 1877; the mystery novel portends her creation of the popular lady detective *Loveday Brooke...
Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith.
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific Irish writer. She has more than 300 books to her credit, including numerous mystery novels and stories. Her Sorceress of the Strand stories, co-written with her frequent collaborator <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2676215A/Robert_Eustace/>Robert Eustace</a> (the pen-name of Dr. Eustace Robert Barton, 1854-1943), feature a memorable female villain, Madame Sara...
Clifford Halifax is the author behind the popular collection Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. He's a go-to for anyone who enjoys classic detective fiction and the early days of mystery writing.
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for detective stories featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. Much of his collection entered the British Museum, through both purchase and bequest. Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896). [Wikipedi...
Grant Allen is a pen-name of Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen, a Canadian science writer and novelist, and a proponent of the theory of evolution. - Wikipedia
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy...
Clarence Rook is the author behind The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes, a collection that revisits the classic detective genre. If you enjoy well-crafted mysteries with a familiar feel, you'll want to check out his work.
Newton McFaul MacTavish is the author behind the popular "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" series, a collection that brings to life the intriguing world of Victorian detective fiction. If you enjoy classic mysteries and clever sleuths, you'll find plenty to explore in his work.
Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854–1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific deta...
Richard Harding Davis was a popular writer known for his adventure stories and war reporting. His work, like that found in The Scribner Treasury, captured the spirit of his time. He was a master of exciting tales that kept readers turning pages.
A Canadian/British writer of novels and short stories (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barr_(writer)>Wikipedia</a>). Born in Scotland, he went with his parents to Canada when he was four, taught and did some writing in Canada until he emigrated to England in 1881 where he did most of his writing and was associated with, inter alia, <a href=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL215610A>Jerome K. Jerome</a> and Sir <a href=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2623297A>Arthur Conan Doyle</a>.
Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English novelist, playwright, and journalist, whose novels and plays generally reflected middle-class life in north Staffordshire. He was born in Hanley, Staffordshire (which is now Stoke-on-Trent), the son of a solicitor. He was educated in Newcastle-under-Lyme. After school, he worked for his father, and in his spare time he was a journalist. At age twenty-one, he moved to London to work as a solicitor's clerk. In 1889 he won a writing competition in Tit-Bits maga...
Herbert George Wells was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary.
