The Poisoned Pen

Arthur Benjamin Reeve (Oct 15, 1880 - Aug 9, 1936) was an American author of detective novels. His most remarkable works is the professor Craig Kennedy Series, often regarded as American Sherlock Holmes. Kennedy stories were polished in Cosmopolitan magazine in the beginning of XX century. Besides writing novels, Reeve was also writing screenplays, some of which were based on his own novels like The Exploits of Elaine. His career ended when he went bankrupt because of contract issues.

The Poisoned Pen is a collection of short detective stories by Arthur B. Reeve. The central figure of every story is detective Craig Kennedy, whose major tool of solving cases and mysteries is science. Chemistry, physics, psychology – every knowledge can be applied practically by Kennedy, when criminals are on the large and else is there make things right. Craig Kennedy stories are the predecessor of all C.S.I. style modern detective fiction that is so popular.