Sir Arthur Conan Doyle It is elementary. Conan Doyle’s eccentric detective, Sherlock Holmes, is to many mystery fans the ultimate crime solver. Holmes and his longtime assistant, Dr. Watson, work together to solve mysteries in Victorian England. Sherlock Holmes possesses a unique ability to not only notice the smallest of details but uses his keen deductive reasoning and amazingly widespread knowledge to bring criminals to justice. More...
	Agatha Christie The Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie traded a sheltered childhood for fame and fortune when she penned, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Christie’s famous trio of detectives are all uniquely different. Hercule Poirot, the Belgian private detective, uses his little gray cells to solve crimes. Miss Marple, an elderly spinster, cracks cases that baffle Scotland Yard, and Tommy and Tuppance, a genial married couple become embroiled in crimes wherever they travel. More...
	Dashiell Hammett Dash Hammett lived a life as tough as the hard-boiled detectives he created in his books. His characters rose to fame in short stories and books but soon were translated onto the silver screen, most notably Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man. Plagued by ill health from contracting tuberculosis and weakened by chronic alcoholism, Hammett died in 1961 penniless and unable to find work due to his radical left-leaning personal politics. More...
	Patricia Cornwell Investigate the Patricia Cornwell Reviews Index Patricia Cornwell’s focus on forensics combined with fast-paced action have made her America’s number one best-selling mystery author. Cornwell’s character, Kay Scarpetta, built her reputation as the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia before working as a forensic consultant on the most puzzling of cases. Patricia Cornwell has also penned a series of mysteries featuring Andy Brazil as well as making a forensic case which she claims has solved the Jack the Ripper murders in Portrait of a Killer. More...