Good Night, Mr. Holmes (55 page)
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Authors: Carole Nelson Douglas
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Mystery, #Historical, #Women Sleuths, #irene adler, #sherlock holmes
5.
Various literary figures appear in the Adler novels, including Oscar Wilde, and most of these historical characters knew each other. Why was this period so rich in writers who founded much modern genre fiction, like Doyle and Stoker? The late nineteenth century produced not only
Dracula
and Doyle’s Holmes stories and the surviving dinosaurs of
The Lost World,
but Trilby and Svengali,
The Phantom of the Opera, The Prisoner of Zenda,
and
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
among the earliest and most lasting works of science fiction, political intrigue, mystery, and horror. How does Douglas pay homage to this tradition in the plots, characters, and details of the Adler novels?
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Belford, Barbara.
Bram Stoker.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
Bunson, Matthew E.
Encyclopedia Sherlockiana.
New York, NY: MacMillan, 1994.
Coleman, Elizabeth Ann.
The Opulent Era.
New York, NY: The Brooklyn Museum, 1989.
Crow, Duncan.
The Victorian Woman.
London UK: Cox &Wyman Ltd, 1971.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes. Various editions.
Mackay, James.
Allan Pinkerton: The Eye Who Never Slept.
Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing Co., Ltd., 1996.
Carole Nelson Douglas
is the award-winning author of 60 novels in the mystery/thriller, science fiction/fantasy and romance/women’s fiction genres. She currently writes the long-running Midnight Louie, feline PI, cozy-noir mystery series (
Catnap, Pussyfoot
,
Cat on a Blue Monday
etc.) and the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, noir urban fantasy series (
Dancing with Werewolves
) set in imaginative variations of Las Vegas: contemporary and paranormally post-apocalyptic.
Carole was the first author to make a Sherlockian female character, Irene Adler, a series protagonist, with
the
New York Times
Notable Book,
Good Night, Mr.
Holmes.
She has won Lifetime Achievement Awards from
RT Book Reviews
for Mystery, Suspense and Versatility and was named a Pioneer of Publishing. She’s also won several Cat Writers’ Association first-place Muse Medallions. Carole has e-published (
www.wishlist.com
) shorter fiction.
A daily newspaper reporter, feature writer and editor in St. Paul, she moved to Fort Worth to write fiction fulltime and was recently inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
“Her fine Sherlockian novels and her Midnight Louie books have turned her into a genuine mystery star. Pick one up and you'll see why.”—Ed Gorman, founder of
Mystery Scene
magazine
The
New York Times
Notable IRENE ADLER Series
Good Night, Mr. Holmes... The Adventuress... A Soul of Steel... Another Scandal in Bohemia... Chapel Noir and Castle Rouge (Jack the Ripper duology)... Femme Fatale...Spider Dance
The MIDNIGHT LOUIE Feline PI series
Ca
tnap... Pussyfoot... Cat on a Blue Monday... Cat in a Crimson Haze... Cat in a Diamond Dazzle... Cat with an Emerald Eye... Cat in a Flamingo Fedora... Cat in a Golden Garland... Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt... Cat in an Indigo Mood... Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit... Cat in a Kiwi Con... Cat in a Leopard Spot... Cat in a Midnight Choir... Cat in a Neon Nightmare... Cat in an Orange Twist... Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit... Cat in a Quicksilver Caper... Cat in a Red Hot Rage... Cat in a Topaz Tango... Cat in a Sapphire Slipper... Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme... Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta... Cat in a White Tie and Tails... Cat in an Alien X-Ray
The DELILAH STREET, Paranormal Investigator series
Dancing with Werewolves... Brimstone Kiss... Vampire Sunrise... Silver Zombie... Virtual Virgin
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