An Artist in Crime (review)

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

An Artist in Crime is an article published in The Daily Herald (Delphos) on 11 january 1896.

Review of An Artist in Crime (1892), the first novel written by Rodrigues Ottolengui, an American writer also called The American Conan Doyle.


An Artist in Crime

The Daily Herald (Delphos) (11 january 1896, p. 4)

A Thrilling Detective Story Will Be Commenced Next Monday.

Readers of the Daily Herald who have always evinced such rapt interest in reading the serial stories which have been printed in this paper, will be given a rare treat in the story, "An Artist in Crime," the first chapters of which will be spread before them Monday.

It is from the pen of Rodrigues Ottolengui, the American Conan Doyle. Imagine a man committing a monstrous crime, which sets the country agog, places detectives on the alert, and puzzles officers of the law on every hand. Dogged by the best detectives known, the criminal proves himself the sharpest witted and escapes detection for a stipulated length of time, winning his wager.

It is most exciting and interesting and abounds in thrilling situations and startling events. A beautiful love story is told therein, and as the reader nears the closing chapters the self-same man, whom they have put down as a scoundrel, is made to disclose events which proves him an honorable man and almost a wizard to bring out such startling events. The principal part of the story is enacted in the Eastern cities, but the detectives' quest takes him as far south as New Orleans.

Don't miss the opening chapters in next Monday's issue.