Detective Jasper Shrig's Cases (Annotated)

Detective Jasper Shrig's Cases gathers a sequence of historical mystery tales centered on Farnol's shrewd, pipe-smoking Bow Street officer, a figure who brings proto-detective rationality into the rough theatrical world of Regency crime. Written in Farnol's characteristically mannered prose—rich in period idiom, melodramatic encounter, and brisk dialogue—the stories fuse the romance of the old coa...