Ten crime writers turned detective

At the Guardian John Dugdale came up with a top ten list of crime writers turned detective, including:Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji case (1907)

After spending three years in jail for supposedly carrying out brutal attacks on farm animals and writing threatening letters, solicitor Edalji (by then unable to practise) wrote asking for help in clearing his name. Conan Doyle's resulting press