Category: Golden Age of Mystery

Even though the name of this book is Trent’s Last Case, the novel is actually about the FIRST detective case of detective Philip Trent. Published in 1913, the main character, Philip Trent, is an artist, freelance journalist, and amateur detective sent to report on a case involving the murder of an American business tycoon in… Continue reading Detective Philip Trent in Trent’s Last Case

Long before he started writing his own detective stories, Gilbert Keith (G.K.) Chesterton was already a fan of the genre. He had been reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories about Sherlock Holmes since he was a boy and even tried his hand at writing mysteries of his own with a few stories that were published… Continue reading Father Brown Mystery Stories: Meet a New Type of Detective

Searching for the best detective podcasts? We read 11 books in 2022, with 12 more coming in 2023! Listen in! If you landed on this page, chances are you’re: However you got here, we’re glad you’ve arrived. Oh, yes. You’ve come to the right place, my friend. In 2022, we traveled from 1841 through 1910.… Continue reading Best Detective Podcasts: Our 2023 Book Club Picks