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Flaxman Low is a fictional character created by British authors Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard, published under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron". Low is credited with being the first psychic detective of fiction, and appears in a series of short stories. Flaxman Low is a pseudonym for "one of the leading scientists of the" Victorian era, whose real name is not disclosed in the stories. He was an accomplished athlete in his youth and has turned his interests to a scientific study of the occult. In this book you will find 7 short stories of mystery specially selected by August Nemo: - The Story of Saddler's Croft - The Story of Baelbrow - The Story of Yand Manor House - The Story of Konnor Old House - The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith - The Story of Sevens Hall - The Tale of the Moor Road
E. and H. Heron were the pen names of Hesketh Pritchard and his mother Kate. Their Flaxman Low stories were first published in 1899, and have been reprinted a number of times since. Flaxman Low himself is a psychic detective in the mould of Sherlock Holmes. He investigates psychic mysteries using his immense knowledge of supernatural phenomena and powers of observation. The tales have a dark and macabre mood. Do not read these stories before bed if you don't want to be haunted during the night. The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith; The Story of the Moor Road; The Story of Baelbrow; The Story of Yand Manor House; The Story of Sevens Hall; The Story of Saddler's Croft; The Story of Konnor Old House.
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The detective story--the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime--according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed "the death of the whodunit" and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet today, the genre is alive, as contemporary authors have brought it into modern times through a significant integration of elaborate character development and psychology. With the modern psychological detective story emerging from the historical cauldron of detective fiction and early psychology, the genre continues to develop a complexity that reflects and guides the literary sophistication needed. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes over 150 whodunit novels and short stories across the decades, from The Moonstone to the contemporary novels that saved the genre from an ignominious death.