The Best Detective Stories of Old Sleuth

by Old Sleuth

Overview

This collection contains six full-length detective novels by pioneering writer Harlan Page Halsey, better known as "Old Sleuth." Old Sleuth was the first dime novel detective, appearing in print in THE FIRESIDE COMPANION as early as 1872. By the 1890s, the popularity of Old Sleuth had led to a stand-alone book series which began to rival western and frontier stories in broad appeal. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

• A Desperate Chance
• A Successful Shadow
• Cad Metti, the Female Detective Strategist
• Oscar the Detective
• The Dock Rats of New York
• Two Wonderful Detectives

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012210623
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	03/07/2011
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	400 KB

About the Author

Harlan Page Halsey (c. 1839-1898) was a dime novelist who greatly popularized the detective genre. Halsey lived much of life in New York, serving as a director of the Brooklyn Education Board before he began publishing Old Sleuth stories in the early 1870s.