Created by Cheng Xiaoqing (1893-1976) Chinese author Cheng Xiaoqing started his literary career in the early 1910s, translating Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories—surely one of the best ways to lift the lid and get a look at the works. It wasn’t long before he figured out, in those heady pre-revolution days, that China deserved … Continue reading Huo Sang
Tag: Consulting Detective
Algy Lawrence
Created by Derek Howe Smith (1926-2002) ALGY? I think it's safe to say that with a monicker like "Algy," there's a pretty good chance ALGY LAWRENCE is British. And sure enough he is. He's a young, dashing former Intelligence officer, who now consults for Scotland Yard, and bills himself as an "unofficial detective." What I'm … Continue reading Algy Lawrence
Hamilton Cleek (The Man of the Forty Faces)
Created by Thomas W. Hanshew Pseudonyms include Charlotte May Kingsley (1857 – 1914) Is it a defect or a feature? Caught somewhere between Sherlock Holmes and the rise of the hard-boiled dick in the 1920s is HAMILTON CLEEK, also known as "The Man of the Forty Faces," a "consulting detective" who prefigures the weird menace … Continue reading Hamilton Cleek (The Man of the Forty Faces)
Sherlock Holmes
Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know." -- "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" Yes, SHERLOCK HOLMES was a private investigator. He called himself a "consulting detective," and yes, he took money to invesigate crimes on behalf of private citizens, … Continue reading Sherlock Holmes