The Specimen Case is a collection of twenty-one short stories written by Bramah over three decades. Two stories feature his most successful characters, the Chinese storyteller Kai Lung ('Ming-Tsuen and the Emergency') and the blind detective Max Carrados ('The Bunch of Violets'). The sci-fi story 'The War Hawks' serves as a sequel to his influential novel What Might Have Been (1907), acknowledged by George Orwell for its impact on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
| ISBN: | 9789357315524 |
| Publication date: | 5th February 2026 |
| Author: | Ernest Bramah |
| Publisher: | Hachette India an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Yellowbacks |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Classic crime and mystery fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives |
The Specimen Case is a collection of twenty-one short stories written by Bramah over three decades. Two stories feature his most successful characters, the Chinese storyteller Kai Lung ('Ming-Tsuen and the Emergency') and the blind detective Max Carrados ('The Bunch of Violets').
The Specimen Case features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
The Specimen Case was written by Ernest Bramah and published by Hachette India an imprint of Little, Brown
The Specimen Case has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Yellowbacks series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.