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fantasyfan · 07-09-2011, 04:14 PM

In 1983 Penguin published an interesting omnibus volume The Penguin Complete Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. It comprises The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, and Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Altogether you get over a thousand pages of detective stories by writers who were contemporaneous with Doyle. they include figures such as Guy Boothby, L.T. Meade (the daughter of an Irish Rector}, Ernest Bramah, Baroness Orczy, and Arthur Morrison.

The collection is very entertaining and all of the authors are now in the public domain so that one can do a bit of further research if so inclined. I bought my copy when it was first issued and I don't know if there is any e-book version available. I do know that Gutenberg {check out the "Detective Fiction" Bookshelf} and Many Books do carry these authors {and many others}.

07-09-2011, 04:14 PM	#35
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,376 Karma: 28116892 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, iPad 9th gen. IPhone 11	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes In 1983 Penguin published an interesting omnibus volume The Penguin Complete Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. It comprises The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, and Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Altogether you get over a thousand pages of detective stories by writers who were contemporaneous with Doyle. they include figures such as Guy Boothby, L.T. Meade (the daughter of an Irish Rector}, Ernest Bramah, Baroness Orczy, and Arthur Morrison. The collection is very entertaining and all of the authors are now in the public domain so that one can do a bit of further research if so inclined. I bought my copy when it was first issued and I don't know if there is any e-book version available. I do know that Gutenberg {check out the "Detective Fiction" Bookshelf} and Many Books do carry these authors {and many others}.