Detective Stories – The Amateurs

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember. Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals. In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a range and depth to the whole culture of criminality as we send in the Long Arm of the Law to bring justice on behalf of the society it serves. In this volume our crimes are examined, deductions made and expertly solved by amateur detectives who bring a skillset that may be unusual but is very effective at apprehending the guilty. 1 - The Detective - The Amateurs - An Introduction 2 - The Boat Race by David Winser 3 - The Murder In Saltashe Woods by Baroness Orczy 4 - A Princess's Vengeance by Catherine Louisa Pirkis 5 - The Ripening Rubies by Max Pemberton 6 - Private Water by A J Alan 7 - Conscience by Richard Marsh 8 - The Missing Model by Lettice Galbraith 9 - The Sapient Monkey by Headon Hill 10 - The Affair at the Novelty Theatre by Baroness Orczy 11 - Problem IX. Violet's Own by Anna Katharine Green 12 - Exchange Is Robbery by Richard Marsh 13 - The Pit in the Garden by A M Burrage 14 - The Tragedy On the London and Mid-Northern by Victor L Whitechurch