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Sherlock's Sisters: Stories from the Golden Age of the Female Detective
Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one. He had plenty of rivals. Some of the most memorable of these were they were "Sherlock’s Sisters." This exciting, unusual anthology gathers together 15 stories written by women or featuring female detectives. They include Dorcas Dene, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Hagar the Gypsy, Judith Lee and Madelyn Mack. Editor Nick Rennison has already compiled several highly entertaining collections of stories from what he considers a golden age of crime fiction, including The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes , More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes and Supernatural Sherlocks . His latest anthology turns the spotlight on the women detectives who could more than match their male counterparts.
384 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2020
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Nick Rennison
58 books22 followersNick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller. His books include Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography, Robin Hood: Myth, History, Culture, The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide and 100 Must-Read Historical Novels. He is a regular reviewer of historical fiction for both The Sunday Times and BBC History Magazine.
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July 13, 2024
The book title says it all. Stories with a female lead, some written by women, written around the time that Conan-Doyle was writing the Holmes stories.
They are a fascinating read, even though some have dated quite badly. Certainly some of the attitudes that come across are difficult to read. Of course you can have characters demonstrate the views but you'd want the author to side against them. And that isn't doesn't always seem the case in these stories. The stories are very much of their time, the Victorian and Edwardian era
Of the 15 stories here there is only one author that remains well-known today, Baroness Orczy, the rest are wither not well known or not known at all. Some I will look to read more of, some....
An interesting book that isn't for everyone.
They are a fascinating read, even though some have dated quite badly. Certainly some of the attitudes that come across are difficult to read. Of course you can have characters demonstrate the views but you'd want the author to side against them. And that isn't doesn't always seem the case in these stories. The stories are very much of their time, the Victorian and Edwardian era
Of the 15 stories here there is only one author that remains well-known today, Baroness Orczy, the rest are wither not well known or not known at all. Some I will look to read more of, some....
An interesting book that isn't for everyone.
April 22, 2022
A good collection of crime short stores from the heyday of the genre, this time featuring an all female cast of detectives.
December 2, 2025
Lovely short stories but I think short story collections are not for me at the moment! Great writing and fascinating little blurbs on each author and characters they wrote about
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