The Weiser book of occult detectives
Subtitle: 13 stories of supernatural sleuthing
By: edited and introduced by Judika Illes
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781578636242
Subjects: Paranormal fiction; Detective and mystery stories
Other titles: Occult detectives
Description: "This is is a compilation of vintage occult detective stories"--

"The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing is a compilation of vintage occult detective stories, written by masters of the genre including Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood, Dion Fortune, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and Helena Blavatsky. Occult detectives explore paranormal mysteries or use their own supernatural gifts to solve crimes. The book features the original authors and stories that inspired what is now a bestsellilng genre in movies, TV, books, and video games. The stories in The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives star both female and male sleuths. The mysteries they tackle include murder, missing funds, demons, ghosts, vampires, and more. Among the ranks of occult detectives featured in this book are beloved favorites such as Dr. Hesselius, Dr. Taverner, Thomas Carnacki, and John Silence but also the unjustly forgotten and obscure sleuths Shiela Crerar and Diana Marburg. Techniques utilized by the various detectives include palmistry, clairvoyance, psychometry, mesmerism, dreams, and good old deductive reasoning. The book is edited and introduced by leading occult author and scholar Judika Illes."--
Table of contents: title: The pot of tulips  -- by Fitz-James O'Brien; title: Green tea  -- by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; title: The cave of the Echoes  -- by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky; title: The story of Yand Manor House  -- by Kate and Hesketh Prichard (H. Heron and E. Heron); title: The leather funnel  -- by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; title: The dead hand  -- by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace; title: The horse of in invisible  -- by William Hope Hodgson; title: Case of the Veil of Isis  -- by Sax Rohmer -- The vampire / -- by Alice and Claude Askew; title: A victim of higher space  -- by Algernon Blackwood; title: The witness in the wood  -- by Rose Champion; title: The eyes of doom  -- by Ella M. Scrymsour; title: The return of the ritual -- by Dion Fortune.