Classic detectives

“The Rising Sun zucchini, judging by its appearance, should have been called the setting sun. He stood in a triangular garden, more gray than green; the frag...

“Dr. Butterworth, the famous London physician, was sitting without a jacket, relaxing after tennis, because he was playing in the heat on the sunlit lawn. So...

“It is worthy of note that the late Sherlock Holmes only twice rejected the solution as completely impossible; and both times his venerable parent subsequent...

“This story was told by Father Brown to Professor Craik, the famous criminologist, at the club after dinner, where they were introduced to each other as peop...

Police Inspector Kremer was recalled from vacation to solve the mysterious death of a millionaire in his wife's tomb.

Half a million worth of bonds disappeared from the safe of a New York trust fund. A socialite, a member of clubs, a musician, who in his spare time solves al...

Sherlock Holmes had so many competitors - from the very beginning of the genre, detective writers sought to create the most unusual characters possible. Thor...