Sherlock Holmes is the most famous of all fictional detectives but, across the Atlantic, he had plenty of rivals.
His latest anthology, American Sherlocks, will gather together often neglected tales which highlight American crime fiction\'s early years..
He has already compiled several highly entertaining collections of Stories from what he considers a Golden age of crime fiction, including The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural Sherlocks and Sherlock\'s Sisters.
About author(s): NICK Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in the Victorian era and in crime fiction.
Editor Nick Rennison gathers together often neglected tales which highlight American crime fiction\'s early years.
This thrilling, unusual anthology features Stories about 15 of them, including Professor Augustus SFX Van Dusen, \'The Thinking Machine\', even more cerebral than Holmes
Craig Kennedy, the so-called \'scientific detective\'
Uncle Abner, a shrewd backwoodsman in pre-Civil War Virginia
Violet Strange, New York debutante turned criminologist; and Nick Carter, the original pulp private eye.
Between 1890 and 1920, American writers created dozens and dozens of crime-solvers.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous of all fictional detectives but, across the Atlantic, he had plenty of rivals
