Join Ed Zuckerman for the first of three short story discussions covering different themes and stories about the Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. The first set of stories is below. Two additional discussions will address Thinking Like Sherlock and Sherlock’s Sisters: Female Detectives. Please provide your email address when registering.

Dozens of authors created dozens of detectives, each a variation on the themes. We will read five of those and compare their approaches and personalities to Sherlock and Watson to consider why Doyle’s duo is so famous. Below are the links to the stories for this month's program.

"The Clue of the Silver Spoons" by Robert Barr with detective Eugène Valmont. Can be found at:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19369/19369-h/19369-h.htm#The_Clue_of_the_Silver_Spoons

"The Moabite Cipher" by R Austin Freeman with detective Dr. Thorndyke can be found at:
http://www.online-literature.com/r-freeman/john-thorndykes-cases/6/

"The Black Fox Skin" by Hesketh Prichard with detective November Joe. Scroll to Chapter V. Find the story at:
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_75755/cihm_75755_djvu.txt

"The Case of Laker, Absconder" by Arthur Morrison with detective Martin Hewitt can be found at:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_chronicles_of_Martin_Hewitt/The_Case_of_Laker,_Absconded

"Madame Sara" by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustance with detective Madame Sara can be found at:
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/meade/sorceress/sorceress.html