num_pages: 258
description: Rich, varied collection of 14 extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories, many never before published in book form: Kipling's "The Return of Imray"; "The Tragedy of the Life Raft" by Jacques Futrelle; "The Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle; plus hard-to-find tales by G.K. Chesterton, Catherine L. Pirkis, Silas K. Hocking, others.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches	Arthur Morrison - The Case of the Lost Foreigner	Catherine L. Pirkis - The Ghost of Fountain Lane	Rudyard Kipling - The Return of Imray	Headon Hill - The Divination of the Zagury Capsules	Baroness Orczy - The York Mystery	George R. Sims - The Haverstock Hill Murder	R. Austin Freeman - The Dead Hand	L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace - Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will	Silas K. Hocking - A Perverted Genius	G. K. Chesterton - The Eye of Apollo	Robert W. Chambers - The Purple Emperor	Jacques Futrelle - The Tragedy of the Life Raft	E. and H. Heron - The Story of Baelbrow
language: English
title: Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories
titlecomplete: Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories
characters: Tietjens, Hercule Flambeau, Kala Persad, Dick Darrel, Florence Cusack, Dr. Lonsdale, Hutchinson Hatch, Mark Poignand, Loveday Brooke, Dr. John Thorndyke, Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Brett, Dorcas Dene, E. Strickland of the Police, Flaxman Low, Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Saxon, Martin Hewitt, Polly Burton, Christopher Jervis, Dr. John Watson, Bill Owen, Latimer Field, Father Brown
genres: Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 157
publisher: Dover Publications