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Knox, Ronald A.

Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was a well-known and much loved English Catholic priest, theologian and author of crime fiction. His theological writings are quoted to this day and his unconventional translation of the Bible is still in use. His writings gave rise to what is known as Sherlock Holmes studies and he wrote a handful much discussed crime stories and a classic crime novel as well as...

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Solar Pons

Gender: Male

He is tall and thin and very sharp-witted, the master detective who lives at 7B Praed Street in London, and who solves cases together with Dr Lyndon Parker. This sounds very similar to Sherlock Holmes, and it is: August Derleth wrote a large number of Sherlock-Holmes pastiches, primarily in the form of short stories, about Solar Pons, who does, however, have a somewhat lighter personality of his...

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