Other Types of fictional detectives

Other Types of fictional detectives

"The Man In The Corner, " by Baroness Orczy, introduces himself in this way:

The man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across the table.

"Mysteries!" he commented. "There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. "

A comparatively novel type of detective is Astro. This individual figures in a series of stories published in book form under title of "The Master of Mysteries. " These stories are by Mr. Gelett Burgess, but are published anonymously.

The detective is a poseur, of a languid and self-conscious personality, who pretends to be a palmist and crystal-gazer, but who really is simply a clever sleuth detective. At his seances, conducted in draped and darkened apartments, he wears Oriental costume and is exceedingly bored. Instead of a Doctor Watson, he has for assistant a beautiful young woman named Valeska. The romance of these two runs through the book, and culminates on the last page with a "clergyman and witnesses. " But the stories are properly constructed detective fiction of good technique.