Detective Authors Archive
From famous authors to the forgotten- the search continues
Eras:
- The Beginnings
- The Victorian Era
- The Sherlockian Era
- The Golden Age
- The Hard boiled era
Other eras and subjects to come
The Usual Suspects
Category: The Usual Suspects: The Beginnings Era
The Usual Suspects section for the Beginnings (1840-1880)
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Fog, Crime and an Early Master’s take on Mystery Before Holmes, Before Poirot — There Was Dickens Before there was Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, there was a man with a quill. He had a flair for drama. He also had a knack for making society’s ills the backdrop of unforgettable mysteries. Enter Charles Dickens.…
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The Man Who Gave the Detective a Past (and a Personality) “The cleverest agent of the police is chance.” — L’Affaire Lerouge worlds- Before Holmes, Before Poirot… There Was Lecoq Holmes did not have a magnifying glass yet. Poirot had not straightened his mustache. Before whodunit was even a word — there was Émile Gaboriau. He…
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Secrets, Scandals, and Page-Turners: The Wild World of Wilkie Collins Before there were courtroom shows, police procedural, or twisty Netflix dramas that make you scream “WHAT?!” at your screen — there was Wilkie Collins. This quiet-looking Victorian man — who resembled your librarian’s intense cousin — basically wrote the first English detective novel. He accomplished…
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The Man Who Made Murder Mysterious You know that moment in your favorite TV series? It’s when the detective finds the one impossible clue. That clue cracks the case wide open. Yeah? Well… you can thank Edgar Allan Poe for that. (record scratch)Yep. You read that right. The Gothic author with the raven, the quill,…
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Every great mystery starts with a few familiar faces — the usual suspects.But in this case, they’re not the criminals — they’re the pioneers of crime fiction. Before the mystery, there was the writers. Meet the suspects who started it all. 🧾 What Is Crime Fiction, Anyway? Crime fiction is a genre built on bad…
