M R C Kasasian

M R C Kasasian is a British author best known for the Gower Street Detective series. The detective series of novels is about Sidney Grice and his sidekick March Middleton, two Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson type of characters. Just like his inspiration Sherlock Holmes, the detective mystery series is set in Victorian London. Sidney Grice is the country’s most renowned private detective who takes in March Middleton, his niece, as his ward and apprentice in amateur sleuthing. Set in the darkest recesses of underground London, Kasasian combines his love for Victorian age society with his penchant for the mystery detective story to write a series of compelling narratives. Like his narrator March Middleton, Kasasian was brought up in Parbold, Lancshire, and travelled to London by train, getting off at Euston Station. His experiences of London were what he had read about in Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, and the streets he had seen on Monopoly boards. Upon his arrival, the real London that he saw was very different from the view of London that was in his head. Black cabs rather than hansom cabs and buses rather than horse drawn carriages ruled the streets. Nonetheless, the city still had the bustle and excitement of a major city.