The covers for Hansom Cab, Study in Scarlet, and Jekyll and Hyde

In 1886 and 1887, Fergus Hume’s Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Study in Scarlet” were published, marking a proliferation of interest in the detective genre.

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1886 to 1887

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