Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, first published in 1914. The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand Magazine. Bramah was often billed above Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Carrados stories frequently outsold the Holmes stories at the time, even if they failed to achieve the same longevity.

George Orwell wrote that, together with those of Doyle and R. Austin Freeman, Max Carrados and The Eyes of Max Carrados “are the only detective stories since Poe that are worth re-reading

The Eyes of Max Carrados – By Ernest Bramah. 1923. A desperate girl tries to clear her father, and only the celebrated blind detective Max Carrados can do it. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. Dramatised by Bert Coutes

The Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome – By Ernest Bramah. In the first of two plays,the blind detective tangles with suffragettes and the Bard. Dramatised by Sue Rodwell. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. with Deidra Morris , Ian Armstrong and Robert Oates. Music by Robert Rigby. Director Alan Drury. A Mr Punch production

The Secret of Headlam Height – By Ernest Bramah. In the second of two plays, the blind detective battles with spies. Dramatised by Roger Danes. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. with Paul Panting and Brian Orrell . Music by Robert Rigby. Director Alan Drury. Producers Michael Cameron and Stewart Richards