The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1978: Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1976. First U.K. Edition. Quarto in illus green jacket; 398 pages; 19 cm. Near fine in fine jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780140046977, 0140046976

Anthology. "From the polished elegance of the Waldorf Astoria to the raucous violence of frontier towns and gold camps; from the underworld of theft and murder to the overworld of corporate monopolies and wire-tapped politics, Hugh Greene has gone in search of American sleuths who can rival the great Sherlock Holmes himself... All of the thirteen stories takes place between 1898 and 1915--the era of glowing gas lights, and lavishly appointed trains, when the automobile was only a curious novelty."--Pg. [4] of coverContents: Weir, H.C. Cinderella slipper. Ottolengui, R. The nameless man. Ottolengui, R. The Montezuma emerald. Flynt, J. and Walton, F. Found guilty. Futrelle, J. The scarlet thread. MacHarg, W. and Balmer, E. The man higher up. MacHarg, W. and Balmer, E. The Axton letters. Adams, S.H. The man who spoke Latin. Lynde, F. The cloud-bursters. Pidgin, C.F. and Taylor, J.M. The affair of Lamson's cook. Reeve, A.B. The campaign grafter. Anderson, F.I. The infallible Godahl. Davis, R.H. The frame-up.