TRUE CRIME & MYSTERY Boxed Set

This meticulously edited Pinkerton-True Crime collection includes works based on his own exploits and those of his agents:

The Expressman and the Detective

The Somnambulist and the Detective

The Murderer and the Fortune Teller

The Spiritualists and the Detectives

Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives

Don Pedro and the Detectives

Poisoner and the Detectives

Bucholz and the Detectives

The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives

The Spy of the Rebellion



Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton started with detective work back in Scotland, and in 1849 he was appointed as the first police detective in Chicago. Year later he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the Detective Agency which became famous for solving a series of train robberies during the 1850s. Pinkerton produced numerous popular detective books, based on his own exploits and those of his agents.