2 Detectives:
Average Jones
Dr. Furnivall: Physician-Detective
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
George F. Butler
ISBN 1-61646-098-9
Retail $19.95 (USD)
429 pp. / Paperback
Due to copyright restrictions, distribution is limited to the U.S.
Two Golden-Age Detectives
Two classic detectives are collected in this volume.
Average Jones stumbles into crime- and puzzle-solving by becoming a consultant for newspaper advertising, particularly to expose frauds, which gives him opportunity to investigate the stories behind strange newspaper ads. These stories were collected in 1911.
Dr. Furnivall is best described as human "truth serum," mastering a form of hypnotism that forces people to tell him the truth, which of course helps him to solve crimes and aid the police. There are 12 stories, first collected in 1908.
Classic Mysteries
Poe's Dupin Mysteries | Futrelle's The Thinking Machine | A. J. Raffles, Gentleman Thief | Hamilton Cleek | Sherlock Holmes |
Father Brown | November Joe | African Millionaire | Old Man in the Corner | Uncle Abner | Thornley Colton | Max Carrados |
Thorpe Hazell Mysteries | The Loot of Cities | Randolph Mason | Addison Kent | Carnacki / John Bell | Aylmer Vance / Morris Klaw |
Romney Pringle | Flaxman Low / Lord Syfret | Addington Peace / Luther Trant | Average Jones / Dr. Furnivall |
Astro, the Master of Mysteries / Dr. Xavier Wycherley | Loveday Brooke / Lady Molly | Shiela Crerar / Luna Bartendale |
Eugène Valmont / Mr. Keen | J. J. Connington |