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DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME By MRS. FRED. E. PIRKIS When Amy Warden disappears without a trace, her lovers, the muscular Frank Varley and the aesthete Lord Hardcastle put aside their differences in their attempts to discover what has become of her. Soon, old secrets begin to rise inexorably to the surface - secrets that will have far-reaching consequences for the Warden family... DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME By MRS. FRED. E. PIRKIS This is the first novel by Catherine Louisa Pirkis, best known as the creator of Loveday Brooke, the lady detective. DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME By MRS. FRED. E. PIRKIS When Amy Warden disappears without a trace, her lovers, the muscular Frank Varley and the aesthete Lor...
This book examines the developments in British serial detective fiction which took place in the seven years when Sherlock Holmes was dead. In December 1893, at the height of Sherlock’s popularity with the Strand Magazine’s worldwide readership, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his detective. At the time, he firmly believed that Holmes would not be resurrected. This book introduces and showcases a range of Sherlock’s most fascinating successors, exploring the ways in which a huge range of popular magazines and newspapers clamoured to ensnare Sherlock’s bereft fans. The book’s case-study format examines a range of detective series-- created by L.T. Meade; C.L. Pirkis; Arthur Morrison; F...
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