The Edinburgh Mystery
The Edinburgh Mystery

Author: Martin Edwards

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2023-05-02

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1728267714

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"Readers who know Scotland will glow with recognition; those who don't will want to pack their bags and maybe a gun." —Kirkus Reviews From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have long inspired writers of the very best Golden Age mysteries. Beginning with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes from Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, this new collection includes the ingenious scientific mysteries of Anthony Wynne, the dark and sardonic work of Margot Bennett and contributions from neglected yet brilliant authors such as Scobie Mackenzie and R. T. Campbell.

The Ardlamont Mystery
The Ardlamont Mystery

Author: Daniel Smith

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2018-05-03

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1782438475

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The real-life mystery featuring the two men - Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn - who inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes.

Classic Crimes
Classic Crimes

Author: William Roughead

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2000-08-31

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780940322462

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Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors," and his true crime stories, written in the early 1900s, are among the glories of the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Utterly engrossing, these accounts of pre-meditated mayhem and miscarried justice also cast a powerful light on the evil that human beings, and human institutions, find both tempting to contemplate and all too easy to do.