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„A Detective’s Triumphs” (1891) by Dick Donovan – eleven intriguing detective short stories including: The Mystery of Surgeon-Major Palmer; The Great Ruby Robbery; The Abduction, etc. Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s. Dick Donovan achieved an international...

“Trup w obłokach” to fascynujące opowiadanie amerykańskiego pisarza Marka Twaina którego William Faulkner nazwał „ojcem amerykańskiej literatury”. “Obaj siedzieli przy stole, zaplamionym najrozmaitszemi ostremi płynami, kwasami, zawalonym, zarzuconym wieloma akumulatorami, baterjami, izolatorami etc. etc. Pośrodku stołu, wśród przenajrozmaitszych aparatów technicznych, wzniosiła się przedziwna...

Dick Donovan was a pseudonym used by (Mr) Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock (1842-1934). Muddock was also a journalist and wrote many other books. His series characters included not only Dick Donovan, the Glasgow Detective, but also Russian Secret Service agent Michael Danevitch, Vincent Trill of the Detective Service, private detective Tyler Tatlock and early forensic criminologist Fabian Field among...