Derleth's other Judge Peck mysteries include Murder Stalks the Wakely Family (1934); The Man on All Fours (1934); Three Who Died (1935); Sign of Fear (1936); Sentence Deferred (1939); The Narracong Riddle (1940); The Seven Who Waited (1945); Mischief in the Lane (1945); Fell Purpose (1953). In addition, Derleth developed Solar Pons in the Sherlock Holmes tradition. When he was nineteen, Derleth wrote Arthur Conan Doyle, inquiring whether he intended to write any more Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Receiving Doyle's assurance that he did not, the young writer developed his own heir to the Holmes mantle and proceeded to write a series of Solar Pons mysteries which have been gathered into nine collections. He also wrote one Solar Pons novel, Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey, but gave up the longer format. In all of the stories, Derleth unabashedly.....
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