Here again, Edgar Allen Poe is the obvious grandfather to Derleth's Judge Peck mysteries. Like many of his predecessors, Derleth borrowed from Poe the use of an assistant/narrator, the importance of ratiocination to crime solving, the retired person who solves crimes as a hobby, and so on. A more recent predecessor in the mystery genre to which the Judge Peck stories.....
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