07-25-2011, 11:21 AM | #46 |
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the murder mystery novels of Mary Louise Rinehart {1876-1958}. She is credited as being the source of the phrase "The Butler did it". Her book The Circular Staircase {1907} sold over a million copies. she wrote many others available free in PG and Many Books.
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H. Beam Piper's _Murder in the Gunroom_ should fit the bill. It's available in a very nice edition here on MobileRead:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122195 |
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in my opinion
agatha christie lawrence block erle stanley gardner mickey spillane (hard-boiled) jack higgins ellery queen dorothy l. sayers carter dickson |
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If you like Holmes, you should definitely take a look at EA Poe's detective stories. He invented the genre.
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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe
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10-31-2011, 01:16 AM | #51 |
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Hmmm. Interesting, Nero as a post-Sherlock suggestion hadn't even occurred to me, but I don't see why not. Eccentric. Genius. Sidekick. Unusual hobbies. Really the only parts lacking are the disguise and physical activity level.
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I can see why you'd think that, but Nero Wolfe is a true eccentric, and Perry Mason really isn't. OTOH, Archie Goodwin and Paul Drake are both far more competent assistants than Watson.
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Plus, Rex Stout has co-authored a wonderful novel featuring Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Watson. It's known by various titles, including "A Study in Terror" and "Sherlock Holmes verses Jack the Ripper."
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i read about sherlock holmes vs. arsene lupen hercule poirot vs. giraud etc... so funny books |
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Randall Garrett published a great science-fiction set of science-fantasy detective works centering on Lord Darcy. Here's the description of them from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction:
"His most impressive solo work is the Lord Darcy series of SCIENCE-FANTASY detective stories first published in various magazines (chiefly ANALOG) and anthologies from 1964 to 1979, and assembled in Too Many Magicians (August-November 1966 ANALOG; 1967), Murder and Magic (coll of linked stories 1979) and Lord Darcy Investigates (coll of linked stories 1981), with all three volumes assembled as Lord Darcy: A 3-in-1 Volume (omni 1983). The stories deal with the exploits of the detective Lord Darcy and his Watsonesque "forensic sorcerer" (> SHERLOCK HOLMES) in an ALTERNATE COSMOS where MAGIC, intermittently though not wholly consistently rationalized in terms of PSI POWERS, works according to Frazerian laws whose implications are being gradually unravelled by the scientific method. Several of these stories allude playfully to classic crime fiction by Agatha CHRISTIE, Dorothy L Sayers (1893-1957), Rex STOUT and others. The series as a whole is well remembered and received a retrospective SIDEWISE AWARD in 1999; earlier, it had been continued in SHARECROP novels by Michael KURLAND." |
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The Forensic Detective !
I had a quick skim through the thread, and don't think anyone's mentioned the, to my mind, brilliant, Thorndyke !
If you liked Holmes, in my opinion you'll love Thorndyke. Available in 7 newly Harry-prepared omnibus volumes here on MR library, a real treat - and beautifully presented. Thanks Harry, excellent job, and more people should definitely discover this slueth. Fascinating, and I think easily the equal of Holmes. Personally, I prefer him, much more believable in a strange way ! Sort of CSI hits Victorian England.............. |
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