Publisher's Synopsis
Ernest Bramah's mastermind detective Max Carrados, a brilliant criminologist who happens to be blind, was originally featured in The Strand magazine alongside Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Detective Carrados often outsold Sherlock Holmes, and the character received billing over Holmes in many Strand issues.
Bramah is an interesting author, one who had success across multiple genres, including fantasy and science fiction. He was influential on George Orwell, who said, of The Max Carrados Mysteries, that they "are the only detective stories since Poe that are worth re-reading."
The complete collection of Max Carrados mysteries are included in this anthology:
The Coin of Dionysius
The Knight's Cross Signal Problem
The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage
The Clever Mrs. Straithwaite
The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor
The Tilling Shaw Mystery
The Comedy at Fountain Cottage
The Game played in the Dark.
