A Successful Shadow; Or, A Detective's Successful Quest

Old Sleuth, a pseudonym shrouded in mystery as befits a writer of detective tales, is a hallmark of 19th-century dime novel detective fiction. Though little is known about the true identity behind the name, Old Sleuth emerged as a character in stories attributed to Harlan Page Halsey and subsequently became a pseudonym for the authors of various works in the genre. In the tradition of literary fig...