Ernest Bramah

British Mystery Multipack Volume 9 Ernest Bramah

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.