{"product_id":"flaxman-low-occult-detective-paperback-1","title":"Flaxman Low: Occult Detective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. and H. Heron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander B. Joy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexander B. Joy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe weird--and weirdly delightful--adventures of fiction's first occult detective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlaxman Low, literature's first professional, full-time \"occult detective\"--that is, an intrepid investigator who deploys the scientific method when tackling paranormal phenomena--appeared in a dozen stories first published from 1898-1899. His creators, the mother-and-son team Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard and Hesketh \"Hex\" Prichard (who published as \"E. and H. Heron\"), endowed the Oxford-trained psychologist with the bravery and acumen to tackle every sort of adversary from ghosts, mummies, and vampires to a mushroom mannequin. Both less credulous and less cynical than earlier fictional investigators of the spirit world, Low always triumphs in the end . . . but not before scientifically demonstrating that even the most outré incidents and situations can't hold a candle to the bizarre capacities of the human mind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. and H. Heron was a collective pseudonym used by the English writers Hesketh Prichard (1876-1922) and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard (1851-1935). \"Hex\" was an explorer, cricketer, naturalist, soldier, and travel writer. Kate, also an intrepid globetrotter, voyaged with her son to many remote locations; Rio Caterina, in Patagonia, is named after her. In addition to creating \u003ci\u003eFlaxman Low\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the first modern occult detectives in fiction, the duo wrote stories about Captain Rallywood and Don Q. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander B. Joy earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLegend of the River King\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.9 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533183303929,"sku":"9780262051651","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MfQK_xqhpg9780262051651_14ff8eaa-cc24-4d0b-a81f-38b39546717b.webp?v=1773867483","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/flaxman-low-occult-detective-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}