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Did You Know
The first literary detective is widely considered
to be C. Auguste Dupin, who first appeared in
"The Murders In the Rue Morgue" in 1841,
written by Edgar Allan Poe.
The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an
era of classic murder mystery novels of similar
patterns and styles, predominantly in the
Agatha Christie is one of the most 1920s and 1930s.
successful authors ever, having sold
an estimated 2 billion books!
More than 30 actors have played Sherlock
Holmes on TV and in film. No, I’m not going
to ask you to name them all...
