The Max Carrados stories, written by Ernest Bramah, were favorites among the readers of the Strand Magazine during the Victorian Era. Even though the illustrious detective didn't have the longevity of creations such as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Max Carrados frequently helped his author outsell the Holmes stories and gain a significant amount of popularity over the years.Max Carrados is a famous blind detective who, together with his accomplice, Mr Carlyle, was responsible for solving numerous strange cases that the authorities often found themselves unable to address. Carrados had been blinded 12 years before the events in his first story due to a disease known as amaurosis. Subsequently he found himself developing his other senses to such a keen extent that to everyone around him it seemed his sight was not actually lost at all.An expert numismatist, he owned an impressive collection of coins, and smoked only the finest and rarest of cigars. His most intriguing of traits, however, was the ability to read print by finger-touch - a feat many could not believe unless they saw the detective in action.The Carrados stories include a few remarkably impressive cases that early mystery fiction enthusiasts throughout the past century have considered among the best they had ever read. George Orwell wrote about Bramah's stories as some of the best mystery tales since Edgar Allen Poe.Theuniqueabilities andkeenintelligence of Carrados alsomakethis seriesofstories extremelypopular amongmodernreaders.Whetheryouwant an exciting,fast-paced narrativethatwill makeithard for anyone tokeepup,or a methodicallydevelopingplot line withnumeroustwists and unexpected developments,youaresure tofindsomething ofinterestamong Ernest Bramah's stories.Thesetimelesstales will thrill,exciteandimpress you,and may atthesame time represent justwhatyou're looking for,ifyouwant toreadsomething that willtrulychallenge yourintellectualabilities.