The Chronicles of Solar Pons — August Derleth

Solar Pons draws thoughtfully at his pipe, his keen eyes fixed on the door to his quarters at No. 7B Praed Street. In a moment a visitor will arrive -- once again setting the game afoot.

When August Derleth inherited the mantle of Arthur Conan Doyle, he created in Solar Pons a detective whose genius cannot be matched -- perhaps not even by Holmes himself! In these ten superbly crafted adventures, Solar Pons's deductive cunning slices through the tangles of the most bizarre episodes in his career.