Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Literary ancestor to Miss Marple, Lisbeth Salander and Nancy Drew" -- Guardian'Miss Gladden', the first female detective, is a determined and resourceful figure, with ingenious skills of logi...
ABOUT twelve years ago there was an election anticipated in the Borough of N--. It was a notorious place for bribery, as I, who have been professionally concerned in many elections, perfectly well knew. It was an extraordinary town. It had once been ...
Three Victorian Detective Novels edited and introduced by E. F. Bleiler contains some of the earliest modern detective novels available. The stories selected are meant to represent various moments in the history of the detective novel. We have a stor...