Tom Sawyer, Detective

"Tom Sawyer, Detective" is Mark Twain's 1896 novel featuring Tom Sawyer and narrated by Huckleberry Finn. A sequel to Twain's famous "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", this burlesque of then-popular detective fiction follows Tom as he attempts to solve the mystery of a murder. A wonderful example of Twain's unforgettable work not to be missed by fans of the timeless Tom Sawyer series. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835—1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). Other notable works by this author include: "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" (1873), "The Innocents Abroad" (1896), and "The Prince and the Pauper" (1881). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this novel now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.