Complex sentence: Arthur Conan Doyle greatly influenced historical mysteries with his Sherlock Holmes series and several authors followed like Iain Pears, Paul C. Doherty and David Liss.
Split into simpler sentences: Arthur Conan Doyle greatly influenced historical mysteries with his Sherlock Holmes series. Numerous authors have written historical mysteries, such as Iain Pears, Paul C. Doherty and David Liss.