author
Charles Ross Jackson
1867–1915
An early 20th-century American novelist best remembered for detective and crime fiction, he wrote the Quintus Oakes mysteries and the novel The Third Degree. His work still turns up in public-domain libraries, giving modern readers an easy way into a lesser-known corner of popular fiction.
1 Audiobook
Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story
by Charles Ross Jackson
About the author
Charles Ross Jackson was an American writer born in 1867 and deceased in 1915. Surviving library and public-domain records consistently link him to popular fiction of the early 1900s.
He is especially associated with the detective character Quintus Oakes, and records from public-domain and library sources show that he published The Third Degree in 1903 and Quintus Oakes in 1904. HathiTrust also lists The Sheriff of Wasco among his works.
Although detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, his books remain available through major public-domain collections such as Project Gutenberg and Wikisource. That continuing availability has helped keep his name alive for readers interested in vintage mystery and adventure fiction.