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The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern
The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern Author:Nicholas Olde Rowland Hern is not your ordinary 1928 sleuth. He eschews the booze and dames and instead roams his world looking for an armadillo-or a sword swallower-or a town that never laughs. And don't expect Rowland to let you in on what he's doing-until the last paragraph! The fifteen episodes in this collection are forgotten "impossible&quo... more »t; gems that rival those of John Dickson Carr or Robert Adey. The story-telling is vintage Golden Age but the Harry Stephen Keeler-like plots stretch the genre to its limits. An introduction by John Norris lays the foundation for this re-publication being one of the most intriguing and deserved revivals of the year.« less