Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer best known for creating Sherlock Holmes, the detective whose methods of logical deduction became a template for the genre.
Beyond the Holmes stories, Doyle wrote historical novels, science fiction, and spiritualist tracts—he became a devoted believer in the paranormal later in life.
She devoured every Arthur Conan Doyle mystery she could find.
Fictional London investigator
- WatsonCommon English surname
- Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
- MycroftElder brother, greater mind
- deerstalkerBrimmed cap with flaps
Moriarty · Mrs Hudson · magnifying glass · violin · pipe · deduction · elementary · consulting detective
Distort someone's reality
- hansom cabTwo-wheeled hired carriage
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Scotland YardLondon police headquarters
- London fogSmog or milky tea
empire · colonialism · séance · spiritualism · gentleman · drawing room · penny dreadful · serialization
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- clueSolving aid
- deductionConclusion from premises
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
- alibiDefense of location
motive · culprit · locked room · investigation · evidence · suspect · crime scene · solution
Writer of prose narratives
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- creatorOne who produces something
- short story writerAuthor of brief fiction
- serialistComposer using fixed pitch sequences
literary icon · epistolary · unreliable narrator · first-person · canon · pastiche · adaptation · legacy
Undiscovered prehistoric realm
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
Holmes
Fictional London investigator
- WatsonCommon English surname
- Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
- MycroftElder brother, greater mind
Moriarty · Mrs Hudson · deerstalker · magnifying glass · violin · pipe · deduction · elementary · consulting detective · disguise
gaslight
Distort someone's reality
- hansom cabTwo-wheeled hired carriage
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Scotland YardLondon police headquarters
London fog · empire · colonialism · séance · spiritualism · gentleman · drawing room · penny dreadful · serialization · British Empire
whodunit
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- clueSolving aid
- deductionConclusion from premises
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
alibi · motive · culprit · locked room · investigation · evidence · suspect · crime scene · solution · reveal
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- creatorOne who produces something
- short story writerAuthor of brief fiction
serialist · literary icon · epistolary · unreliable narrator · first-person · canon · pastiche · adaptation · legacy · influence
The Lost World
Undiscovered prehistoric realm
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
- Mystery AuthorsAgatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- NovelistsStephen King, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
Arthur Conan DoyleRaymond Chandler
Dashiell Hammett · G.K. Chesterton · psychological thriller · noir · Agatha Christie
Arthur Conan DoyleHarry Houdini
Carl Sagan · skeptic · rationalist · debunker · materialist