Prince Zaleski and Cumming's King Monk

<p><b>Step into the realm of supernatural detectives!</b><br>A collection of supernatural detective short stories by the author M.P. Shiel. <br>Prince Zaleski the mysterious exiled Russian, spends his time in his ruined abbey, surrounded by strange artefacts, including a partially unwrapped mummy. He solves cases mostly without even having to leave the abbey – when he "might sometimes be induced to take an absorbing interest in questions that had proved themselves too profound, or too intricate, for ordinary solution". <br>"Zaleski is Sherlock – demented" – HG Wells<br>Cumming's King Monk Shiel's <i>The Pale Ape and Other Pulses</i> collection presented a second extraordinary figure, <i>Cummings King Monk</i> who has a longer section with three component short stories that have been called Shiel's "subversive take on the crime story genre".</p>