No one would have been more surprised than George Sims himself that posterity should recognize him not as the immensely popular crusading journalist, not as the writer of several highly successful melodramas, not as a writer of melodramatic novels and...

George Robert Sims was a popular, prolific writer for more than half a century. He had successes in many genres, including novels, short stories, drama, poetry, and journalism. Although his detective fiction has received some attention, he wrote many...

Most significant for his excellent characterization, George Sims takes advantage of his experiences with manuscripts and rare books in creating the settings and protagonists of many of his novels. The world of the British rare-book dealer is well...