More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Description

Sherlock Holmes remains the most famous of all fictional detectives. But he was not the only solver of crimes to patrol the gaslit streets of late Victorian and Edwardian London. The years between 1890 and 1914 were the heyday of the English (and American) story magazines and their pages were filled with platoons of private detectives, police officers and eccentric criminologists. These were the Rivals of Sherlock Holmes and this second anthology of stories edited by Nick Rennison, author of Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography, highlights fifteen of them.

NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in the Victorian era and in crime fiction. He is the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The Rivals of Dracula, Supernatural Sherlocks, More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock's Sisters and American Sherlocks, plus A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books. He is also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, Carver's Quest and Carver's Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and BBC History Magazine.

Informative, interesting and entertaining -- Dot Marshall-Gent * Promoting Crime Fiction * Rennison set out to demonstrate the range and variety of late Victorian and Edwardian detective fiction ... I'd say that he has succeeded in this aim -- Martin Edwards * Do You Write Under Your Own Name * This collection, like its predecessor Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, is a delight for fans of the history of crime writing and lovers of the short story mystery format. I can't think of a more pleasant afternoon's reading than this. Fun and informative -- Paul Burke * NB Magazine * [W]riter, editor and Victorian specialist Nik Rennison does and has produced another fascinating anthology of stories from 'the golden age of gaslight crime' -- Mike Ripley * Shots Mag * A fascinating look at a vibrant and informative picture of a period in crime fiction history that was both productive and rich -- John Cleal * Crime Review *