The Inklings Detective Agency

Created by John R. Kelly Pass. Okay, it was a brazen enough gimmick roping in Chandler, Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raoul Whitfield  and various other torch carriers of the Shamus Game  as amateur or even professional sleuths, and the results were generally, hit or miss. Now Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien … Continue reading The Inklings Detective Agency

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