Solar Pons Mystery Books by Basil Copper, David Marcum
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Overview: The Game’s Afoot . . .
"The appearance of another volume of reminiscences of my old friend Solar Pons calls, perhaps, for some explanation. It has been on my conscience that a number of uncollected cases of the one whom the late Sultan of Turkey was pleased to describe as ‘The Prince of Detectives’ have been lying gathering dust in my files.
"The work of retrieving these, deciphering the rough notes, and putting them into order for publication has taken a considerable time, but I trust those many admirers of Solar Pons will not be disappointed in the results. As a concession to popular request, I have selected only those reminiscences of a longer nature which reveal my friend’s preeminent gifts and which occasionally highlight the more humorous facets of his character.
"The greater length of these cases has enabled me to indulge the reader in the matter of setting, milieu, and atmosphere. The result in The Dossier of Solar Pons will, I trust, enable those enthusiasts for the work of the great detective to revel once again in the thrill of the chase.
"It is time now to begin. The game’s afoot!"
—LYNDON PARKER, M.D.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Solar Pons 09 The Dossier of Solar Pons
August Derleth created in Solar Pons a detective whose genius cannot be matched, perhaps not even by Sherlock Holmes himself! Now the pen has passed into the hand of the noted British author Basil Copper. Here are six superbly crafted tales of suspense in the best tradition of Solar Pons. Come to Number 7B Praed Street, where the master awaits.
Contents :
"The Adventure of the Perplexed Photographer"
"The Adventure of the Sealed Spire"
"The Adventure of the Six Gold Doubloons"
"The Adventure of the Ipi Idol"
"The Adventure of Buffington Old Grange"
"The Adventure of the Hammer of Hate"
Solar Pons 10 The Further Adventures of Solar Pons
In this second volume we return to Number 7B Praed Street where the inimitable and infallible master of deductive detection awaits. Again, we join Solar Pons, the latter-day Sherlock Holmes, and his colleague Dr Lyndon Parker, as they solve another four puzzling cases. These are superbly crafted tales of suspense, filled with Sherlockian ambience and macabre themes.
Contents:
‘The Adventure of the Shaft of Death’
‘The Adventure of the Frightened Governess’
‘The Adventure of the Defeated Doctor’
‘Murder at the Zoo’
The Game’s Afoot . . .
Whatever your fancy in the polished old world of deductive, detective cunning—a corpse/figure dragging itself from the edge of a misty marsh, burning and writhing with bluish fire; a bizarre murder staged on a play’s opening night; a mysterious scoundrel’s attempt to steal a set of rare idols; or a horrified heiress and her terrifying legacy of death—Solar Pons will quickly capture your curiosity and leave you hungering for more.
Soon you will find yourself a regular visitor at No. 7B Praed Street, eagerly peering into the mind of the contemplative Pons. And as you faithfully follow the master about charming, chilling fin-de-siècle London, discreetly clutching and un-clutching your hands between counterplots and climaxes, you will know that you have found a lifelong companion—the inquisitive and incomparable Solar Pons, heir to the genius that was once uniquely Sherlock Holmes’.
Contents:
"The Adventure of the Crawling Horror"
"The Adventure of the Anguished Actor"
"The Adventure of the Ignored Idols"
"The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress"
Solar Pons 12 The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons
THE CHASE CONTINUES . . .
Once more, the most successful of pastiche-detectives, Solar Pons, sets out apace with a new sequence of pulse-stopping adventures. Faithful followers and mystery lovers alike will delight in the superlative sleuth’s deductive cunning as they join him and his ever-constant companion, Dr. Lyndon Parker, in chase of crime.
Come, journey back to the spine-tingling yesterdays of criminality at its worst, and detective work at its best, in turn-of-the-century England, where Solar Pons, London’s most redoubtable hero since Sherlock Holmes, awaits. But make haste! The game is already afoot!
Contents:
"The Adventure of the Haunted Rectory"
"The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich"
"Murder at the Zoo"
"The Adventure of the Frightened Governess"
Solar Pons 13 The Exploits of Solar Pons
Illustrated by Stefanie K.Hawks.
Contents:
"The Adventure of the Callous Colonel"
"The Adventure of the Phantom Face"
"The Adventure of the Verger’s Thumb"
"Death at the Metropole"
Readers who have exhausted the Sherlockian cannon and the various modern pastiches of the Master, might well be advised to investigate the strange cases of Solar Pons. Mr. Pons was created nearly seventy years ago by Wisconsin-born writer, August Derleth — who paid Doyle the courtesy of cloning the great detective. Names and biographical details were changed, and the setting was moved from the Victorian period to the 1920’s. Mr. Copper was then authorized by Arkham House, Inc. to continue the series in a series of paperback originals. While maintaining the sly mixture of pastiche and homage to its creator, Copper brought his own voice and a sure sense of place and period detail to the series. Two previously unpublished collections from that series have been released by Fedogan & Bremer. A third book is planned for late 2000.
Solar Pons 14 The Recollections of Solar Pons
Illustrated by Stefanie K.Hawks.
Contents:
"The Adventure of the Cursed Curator"
"The Adventure of the Hound of Hell"
"The Adventure of the Mad Millionaire"
"The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich"
British writer Copper (The Exploits of Solar Pons) effectively captures the style of Sherlock Holmes tales in four novellas narrated by Dr. Lyndon Parker, who plays Watson to consulting detective Solar Pons in 1920s London. "The Adventure of the Mad Millionaire" requires Pons to discover if the cause of a financier’s peculiar behavior is, in fact, all in his head, while "The Adventure of the Cursed Curator" calls upon him to find out why an Egyptologist has had a mummy peering at him through his office bookcase. In "The Adventure of the Hound of Hell," Pons must puzzle out why two sets of footprints enter-but none leave-the woodshed in which a rich but miserly and miserable old woman was murdered, and he tackles a locked-room mystery in "The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich." The atmosphere is always first rate, but the puzzles are not elusive enough: readers will catch on to many of the tricks well before Parker. The moment this happens, Pons seems blessed less with genius than with irritating smugness, and the stories diminish in appeal.
Solar Pons 15 The Final Cases
Cover art by Les Edwards.
Contents:
"The Adventures of The Haunted Rectory" [reworked from its first appearance in Uncollected Cases]
"The Ignored Idols" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]
"The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]
"The Adventure of the Baffled Baron" [first book appearance]
"The Adventure of the Anguished Actor" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]
"The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter" – A Sherlock Holmes Case!
Solar Pons Versus the Devil’s Claw
CONTENTS:
DEDICATION
AUTHOR’S NOTE
INTRODUCTION
One: DEATH OF A TYRANT
Two: THE TERRIFIED TEACHER
Three: RUMOURS SPREADING
Four: THE DEVIL’S WALTZ
Five: THE CEMETERY AT NIGHT
Six: TERROR IN THE VAULT
Seven: ENTER ANDREW PETERS
Eight: CHALCROFT MANOR
Nine: PONS INVESTIGATES
Ten: THE MAID’S STORY
Eleven: DINNER AT THE MANOR
Twelve: IN THE GRAVEYARD
Thirteen: ATTEMPTED MURDER
Fourteen: CHALCROFT COLLEGE
Fifteen: THE MISSING WILL
Sixteen: DEADLY POISON
Seventeen: NIGHTMARE
Eighteen: PONS IS ENIGMATIC
Nineteen: THE RUINED TOWER
Twenty: EXIT INSPECTOR STONE
Twenty-One: BAITING THE TRAP
Twenty-Two: NIGHT ON THE TOWER
Solar Pons 16 The New Adventures of Solar Pons: Tales of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street David Marcum (ed)
In the 1920’s, college student August Derleth wrote to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking if any more Sherlock Holmes adventures were going to be published. Upon receiving a negative reply, Derleth decided to provide some of his own. However, rather than relating more tales of Holmes and Dr. Watson, he ended up introducing the world to Solar Pons and Dr. Lyndon Parker, living in London during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Pons solved crimes using deduction and ratiocination, often referring to Holmes as “The Master” or “My illustrious predecessor”. Since his first appearance, Pons has been a favorite with Sherlockians. Now, for the first time ever, the estate of August Derleth has authorized the first ever anthology of Solar Pons stories! These twenty new adventures range from soon after Pons and Parker met in 1919 to a story that occurs after Germany has been defeated in World War II. Each of them fully and traditionally falls within the Pontine Canon.The authors of these stories have contributed their royalties to the Jan Stauber Grant Fund for the Beacon Society, which provides scholarships to educators, schools, and Sherlockian Scion societies, allowing them to purchase Sherlock Holmes books and materials in order to introduce young people to The Canon.Join us again at 7B Praed Street where The Game is Afoot!
Solar Pons 17 The Papers of Solar Pons: New Adventures of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street David Marcum (ed)
Solar Pons was created by August Derleth in the 1920s as a continuation of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Derleth, who famously created Arkham House Publishing to preserve the writings of his friend, author HP Lovecraft, had corresponded with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking whether Doyle would be providing any new Holmes adventures. When Doyle said no, Derleth determined to write some himself. However, instead of writing more Holmes tales, Derleth came up with Solar Pons, a detective very similar to Holmes, and Dr. Lyndon Parker, his Dr. Watson. Eventually, between the 1920’s and his death in 1971, Derleth wrote over seventy Pons tales, set in that period between the end of World War I and 1939.
“Now, meet Solar Pons, the Pride of Praed Street . . . The Master is not too visible – that is, to the naked eye. But you will feel his dynamic presence once again . . . Yes, dear reader, but turn a page, and again – the game is afoot!” – Ellery Queen
Bestselling Sherlock Holmes author David Marcum continues The Pontine Canon with twelve new Pons adventures:
• The Adventure of the Doctor’s Box
• The Park Lane Solution
• The Poe Problem
• The Singular Affair of the Blue Girl
• The Plight of the American Driver
• The Adventure of the Blood Doctor
• The Additional Heirs
• The Horror of St. Anne’s Row
• The Adventure of the Failed Fellowship
• The Adventure of the Obrisset Snuffbox
• The Folio Matter
• The Affair of the Distasteful Society
Additionally, this volume contains a bonus Sherlock Holmes adventure, the author’s Solar Pons origin story, “The Adventure of the Other Brother”, forewords from noted Ponsians, and Appendices. Join us at 7B Praed Street, where Solar Pons and Dr. Parker are about to begin their next adventure. The game is afoot!
“[Solar Pons is] a clever impersonator, with a twinkle in his eye, which tells us that he knows that he is not Sherlock Holmes, and knows that we know it, but he hopes we will like him anyway for what he symbolizes . . . The best substitute for Sherlock Holmes known.” – Vincent Starrett
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