Sleuths, Sidekicks & Masterminds: A–Z Biographical Companion to Golden Age Mystery Fiction, 1841–1930 (Searchable Digital PDF)

Step inside ninety years of classic crime, deduction, and master villainy—from Poe's Rue Morgue and 221B Baker Street to Styles Court, Whitehaven Mansions, and San Francisco.

Sleuths, Sidekicks & Masterminds: An A–Z Biographical Companion to the Great Detectives and Arch-Villains of Golden Age Mystery Fiction (1841–1930) is a 100-page, fully searchable Fairbairn's Crests digital trade-book edition (PDF) profiling every major investigator, chronicler, police official, gentleman cracksman, and criminal mastermind across seventy-four classic works of mystery fiction.

What's Inside This Searchable Digital Edition

• 217 A-to-Z Biographical Profiles: Smooth, multi-paragraph literary portraits covering pioneers (Chevalier Dupin, Monsieur Lecoq, Sergeant Cuff, Ebenezer Gryce), Victorian & Edwardian icons (Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Professor Moriarty, Martin Hewitt, Dr. Thorndyke, The Thinking Machine, Father Brown, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Max Carrados, Philip Trent), gentleman-rogues and super-villains (A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay, Simon Carne, Arsène Lupin, Fantômas, Dr. Nikola, Dr. Fu-Manchu), and 1920s Golden Age & hard-boiled legends (Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings, Miss Marple, Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Inspector French, Charlie Chan, Philo Vance, Ellery Queen, the Continental Op, Sam Spade, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and Kasper Gutman).
• 100 Pages in Warm Fairbairn's Crests Book Layout: Typeset on archival cream pages with clickable source citations, a narrative historical introduction, and a two-column Table of Contents.
• Back-of-Book Bibliography & Three Master Indexes: Includes a complete Sources & Further Reading table linked directly to verified digital editions, plus full page-numbered indexes of Names & Aliases, Places & Settings, and Agencies, Clubs, Syndicates & Official Forces.
• Instant Digital Download: Delivered immediately as a high-resolution, fully text-searchable PDF for desktop, tablet, or e-reader study.

Complete Alphabetical Index of Featured Subjects (217 Profiles)

Ablewhite, Godfrey; Absinthe, Father; Ackroyd, Roger; Adler, Irene ("The Woman"); Altenheim, Baron ("Louis de Malreich"); Archer, Miles; Arnesson, Professor Sigurd; Averill, Miss Ruth; Badger, Inspector; Barry, Stephen; Baskerville, Sir Henry; Beautrelet, Isidore; Beedel, Inspector; Beetham, Colonel John; Beltham, Lady Maud; Belton (of Porchester Terrace); Benson, Major Anthony; Beppo (of the Six Napoleons); Berkeley, Dr. Paul; Bertomy, Prosper; Betteredge, Gabriel; Blake, Franklin; Blunt, Major Hector; Bohun, Rev. Wilfred; Bouzille; Brand, Dinah; Brett, Reginald; Brown, Father J.; Bruce, Sir Frederic; Bruff, Matthew; Bunter, Mervyn; Burton, Miss Polly; Cairo, Joel; Carlyle, Louis; Carne, Simon ("Klimo"); Carrados, Max (Max Wynn); Carter, Detective-Sergeant; Cavendish, John; Césarine ("White Heather"); Chan, Detective-Sergeant Charlie; Clay, Colonel Cuthbert ("Colonel Clay"); Clay, John ("Vincent Spaulding"); Clement, Rev. Leonard; Climpson, Miss Alexandra Katharine; Cook, Wilmer; Crawshay (of the Underworld); Crouther, William; Cuff, Sergeant Richard; Cupples, Nathaniel; D——, Minister; Danvers, Chief Inspector; Delaney, Jerry; d'Escorval, Maurice; Dillard, Professor Bertrand ("The Bishop"); Djuna (of West 87th Street); Dompierre, Eustace ("Harry the Actor"); Doremus, Dr. Emanuel; Dundy, Lieutenant; Dupin, Chevalier C. Auguste; Eden, Robert ("Bob"); Edwards, Birdy ("John Douglas"); Eltham, Rev. J. D.; Fandor, Jérôme (Charles Rambert); Fanferlot ("The Squirrel"); Fantômas ("The Lord of Terror"); Flambeau, Hercule; Fortune, Reginald ("Mr. Fortune"); Freke, Sir Julian; French, Detective-Inspector Joseph; Fu-Manchu, Dr.; G——, Monsieur (Prefect of the Parisian Police); Ganimard, Inspector Justin; Gevrol, Inspector ("The General"); Godfrey, Jim; Gow, Israel; Granard, Mary; Gregson, Inspector Tobias; Gruner, Baron Adelbert; Gryce, Ebenezer; Gutman, Kasper ("The Fat Man"); Gypsy, Nina; Hailey, Dr. Eustace; Hammersmith, Mr. (of Chester); Hastings, Captain Arthur; Hatch, Hutchinson; Hatteras, Richard; Hazell, Thorpe; Heath, Sergeant Ernest; Hélène (of the Fantômas Chronicles); Hewitt, Martin; Holmes, Mycroft; Holmes, Sherlock; Hood, Dr. Orion; Hope, Jefferson; Hopkins, Inspector Stanley; Hornby, Reuben; Howard, Miss Evelyn; Hudson, Mrs. Martha; Inglethorp, Alfred; Jameson, Walter; Japp, Chief Inspector James; Jennings, Ezra; Jervis, Dr. Christopher; Johnson, Shinwell ("Porky"); Jones, Inspector Athelney; Jupiter (of Sullivan's Island); Juve, Inspector Germain; Kalon (Prophet of Apollo); Kâramanèh; Kennedy, Professor Craig; Kesselbach, Dolores; Kirk, Barry; Lagors, Raoul de; Lecoq, Monsieur; Legrand, William; Lestrade, Inspector G.; Luker, Septimus; Lupin, Arsène ("Gentleman-Cambrioleur"); MacDonald, Inspector Alec; Mackenzie, Inspector; Mallory, Detective; Manders, Harry ("Bunny"); Manderson, Sigsbee; Markham, John F.-X.; Marple, Miss Jane; Mayes (Master of the Red Triangle); McGinty, Councillor Jack ("Black Jack"); Melchett, Colonel; Merton, Brander; Miller, Superintendent; Milverton, Charles Augustus; Moran, Colonel Sebastian; Morgan, Inspector; Moriarty, Professor James; Morrow, Miss June; Morstan, Miss Mary (Mrs. John H. Watson); Mortimer, Dr. James, M.R.C.S.; Murch, Inspector Nathaniel; Murchison, Miss Joan; Nayland Smith, Sir Denis; Nikola, Dr. Antonio; Noonan, Chief John; Oberstein, Hugo; Odell, Margaret ("The Canary"); Oldacre, Jonas; Op, The Continental (of San Francisco); O'Shaughnessy, Miss Brigid ("Miss Wonderly"); Owen, Bill ("The Old Man in the Corner"); Parker, Detective-Inspector Charles; Parkinson (of The Turrets); Paton, Captain Ralph; Pepper, Mr.; Perine, Miss Effie; Petrie, Dr.; Poirot, Hercule; Polhaus, Detective-Sergeant Tom; Polton, Nathaniel; Protheroe, Anne; Queen, Ellery; Queen, Inspector Richard; Quimby, Jacob; Raffles, Arthur J. ("The Amateur Cracksman"); Redding, Lawrence; Robertson-Kirk, Lady Molly ("Lady Molly of Scotland Yard"); Roper, John; Rosenthall, Reuben; Roylott, Dr. Grimesby; Sairmeuse, Martial, Duc de ("May"); Seegrave, Superintendent; Sheppard, Dr. James; Sheppard, Miss Caroline; Sholmes, Herlock; Sholto, Thaddeus; Slack, Inspector; Slaney, Abe; Small, Jonathan; Smith, Culverton; Spade, Samuel ("Sam"); Spearman, Rosanna; Spotswoode, Kenneth; Stapleton, Jack (Rodger Baskerville); Starkey, Reno; Sugg, Inspector; Summertrees, Ralph; Tabaret, Père ("Tirauclair"); Thaler, Max ("Whisper"); Thorndyke, Dr. John Evelyn; Trent, Philip; Urquhart, Norman; Valentin, Aristide; Valmont, Eugène; Vance, Philo; Van Dine, S. S.; Vandrift, Sir Charles; Van Dusen, Professor Augustus S. F. X. ("The Thinking Machine"); Vane, Harriet Deborah; Velie, Sergeant Thomas; Verinder, Miss Rachel; Victoire (of Paris); Von Bork, Herr; Watson, Dr. John H.; Wentworth, Seymour; Wetherell, Sylvester; Weymouth, Inspector; Whittaker, Mary ("Mrs. Forrest"); Wiggins (of the Baker Street Irregulars); Willsson, Elihu; Wilson, Jabez; Wimsey, Gerald (Duke of Denver); Wimsey, Honoria Lucasta (Dowager Duchess of Denver); Wimsey, Lady Mary (Mrs. Charles Parker); Wimsey, Lord Peter Death Bredon; Winter, Kitty; Winterslip, John Quincy; Yardly, Lord George; Zarmi (of the Si-Fan); Zorn, Cornelius.