Supernatural Detectives 1:
Carnacki: Ghost Finder &
John Bell: Ghost Exposer
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William Hope Hodgson
L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace
ISBN 1-61646-086-5
Retail $19.95 (USD)
362 pp. / Paperback
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Ghostly Terror or Criminal Mastermind?
The supernatural detective was created through the early merging of scientific deductive mystery stories and the tales of hauntings and otherworldly horrors.
These take different forms, with some stories embracing paranormal fantasies, while in others a protagonist detective determines a logical explanation behind the strange mystery. (John Silence is in the former category.)
This collection brings together two different detectives. Carnacki searches for the truth with both scientific and paranormal techniques, and finds both supernatural and human dangers. John Bell is a "ghost exposer," using logic and reason to extinguish supernatural trappings and (usually) explain the mystery.
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 | Miss Cayley / Hilda Wade | Colour-Criminologist / From Whose Bourne |
Danby Croker / Simon Carne | Todd Downing | Madelyn Mack / Violet Strange / Florence Cusack | Boston Blackie |