Born on this day – Michael Palmer:

Michael Palmer

Physician

Writer

October 9, 1943 – October 30, 2013

Credits:

Books:

Oath of Office (2012); Political Suicide (2012); Resistant (2014); The Sisterhood (1982); Side Effects (1986); Flashback (1988); Extreme Measures (1991); Natural Causes (1994); Silent Treatment (1995); Critical Judgment (1996); Miracle Cure (1998); The Patient (2000); Fatal (2002); The Society (2004); The Fifth Vial (2007); The First Patient (2008); The Second Opinion (2009); The Last Surgeon (2010); A Heartbeat Away (2011); Trauma (2015); Mercy (2016); The First Family (2018); Disfigured (2006); The Dead Club (2010); Disfigured (2006); The Dead Club (2010); On Call (2012); Natural Suspect (2001); Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night (2006); First Thrills (2010); No Rest for the Dead (2011); In Search of Humanity (2015).

Movies and television:

Book Case TV (2013); Extreme Measures (1996); Silent Treatment (2012).

Born on this day – Arthur Conan Doyle:

Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer

Physician

May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930

Credits:

A Study in Scarlet (1887); The Sign of Four (1890); A Scandal in Bohemia (1891); The Red-headed League (1891); A Case of Identity (1891); The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891); The Five Orange Pips (1891); The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891); The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892); The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892); The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (1892); The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1892); Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1892); The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892); The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk (1893); The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893); The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893); The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893); The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893); The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893); The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Field Bazaar (1896); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903); The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903); The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1904); The Adventure of the Priory School (1904); The Adventure of Black Peter (1904); The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904); The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904); The Adventure of the Three Students (1904); The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904); The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904); The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904); The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904); The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908); The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908); The Adventure of the Devil's Foot (1910); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913); The Valley of Fear (1914); His Last Bow (1917); The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923); The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924); How Watson Learned the Trick (1924); The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1925); The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1925); The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926); The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926); The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926); The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1927); The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927); The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927); A Case of Identity (1891); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905); Sherlock Holmes (Read by Stephen Fry) (1927); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume One (1985); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Two (1986); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Three (1986); The Sherlock Holmes Theatre (2005); Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (2013); The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1896); The Adventures of Gerard (1903); The Lost World (1912); The Poison Belt (1913); The Land of Mist (1926); When the World Screamed (1928); The Disintegration Machine (1929); The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1885); The Mystery of Cloomber (1888); Micah Clarke (1889); The Firm of Girdlestone (1890); The White Company (1891); The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (1892); The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892); Beyond the City (1892); The Refugees (1893); The Parasite (1894); The Stark Munro Letters (1895); Rodney Stone (1896); Uncle Bernac (1897); The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898); A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899); Sir Nigel (1906); The Maracot Deep (1929); The Narrative of John Smith (2011); Lot No. 249 (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Ring Of Thoth (1968); The Leather Funnel (2003); John Barrington Cowles (2011); The Case of Lady Sannox (2013); A Literary Mosaic (2014); That Little Square Box (2014); The Crime of the Brigadier (2014); The Croxley Master (2016); The Gully of Bluemansdyke (2018); The Captain of the Polestar (1883); My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures (1893); Round the Red Lamp (1894); The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport (1900); Round the Fire Stories (1908); The Last Galley (1911); Danger! And Other Stories (1918); The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1919); Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life (1920); Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water (1922); Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates (1925); The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (2009); Gothic Tales (2018); Tales of Terror and Mystery (2022); The Great Boer War (1900); The War in South Africa, Its Cause & Conduct (1902); Through the Magic Door (1907); The Crime of the Congo (1909); The Case Of Oscar Slater (1912); The New Revelation (1917); The Vital Message (1919); The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 (1920); The Wanderings of a Spiritualist (1921); The Coming of the Fairies (1921); Memories and Adventures and Western Wanderings (1924); The History of Spiritualism (1926); The Edge of the Unknown (1930); Dangerous Work (2012); Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2016); Murder on Christmas Eve (2017); A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2018); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); 21 Great Stories (1969); Scottish Tales of Terror (1972); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1977); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 (1979); The 14th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories (1981); Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); English Country House Murders (1988); Tales of the Occult (1989); Hound Dunnit (1989); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume Three (1992); Murder British Style (1993); Sea-Cursed (1994); Mystery Stories (1996); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Crime Never Pays (2001); On Glorious Wings (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2007); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); London Stories (2013); Togas and Tyrants: Collected Tales of Ancient Rome (2014); The Phantom Coach (2014); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures (2015); Holmes Away from Home: Adventures from the Great Hiatus (2016); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures, Vol. 2 (2017); Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses (2017); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Flight or Fright (2018); Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019); The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 (2019); Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021); Scottish Stories (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023); The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023).