The Adventures of Solar Pons | 
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In 1928, an exasperated American teenager wrote to his literary hero to ask when more Holmes stories would be written, & that if Doyle really intended to write no more, then he, Derleth, would happily do so. Doyle declined this generous offer with avuncular good humour, waggishly suggesting that Derleth write his own stories if he wanted them so much. The game being afoot, Derleth did just that & Solar Pons, aided ⬇️
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The stories are generally well regarded and Pons has his own literary society, The Praed Street Irregulars.
Of those pictured I already owned three books and have enjoyed them. I've been looking for ⬇️ (edited) 3mo
Given he was already playing in somebody else's sandbox, Derleth allowed himself the pleasure of the occasional crossover with other literary characters, including Fu Manchu, Hercule Poirot, and some suggestions of Lovecraftian entities, though never definitely going into the supernatural. Holmes and Watson are historical figures in the stories so it's all nicely interconnected. (edited) 3mo