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Just finished Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah (1914), the first in the Max Carrados series. It contained eight short stories about Max Carrados, the blind amateur detective, most of which were okay, but had a tendency to not play fair with the reader, in my opinion. Too often the solution came by way of a last minute revelation consisting of information that had been available to the detective, but not to the reader. The last story, however, "The Game Played in the Dark", was thoroughly satisfying, as not only were all of Carrados' cards on the table in that one, but he played them with finesse and flair.
I note, also that this is one of those writers who defines poverty as being in such dire straits as to be only able to afford one housekeeper or a single servant. Oh, the pain.
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