The Science of Sherlock Holmes

From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-12823-7
Verlag: Turner Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

2007 Edgar(r) Nominee

"Fascinating."
--The Christian Science Monitor

"A double triumph . . . masterful."
--Toronto Star

"Utterly compelling."
--Otto Penzler, member of the Baker Street Irregulars and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop

"E. J. Wagner's accounts of Victorian crimes make Watson's tales pale!"
--Leslie S. Klinger, Editor, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

"This is CSI in foggy old London Town. Chilling, grim fun."
--John Westermann, author of Exit Wounds and Sweet Deal

"A wonderful blend of history, mystery, and whodunit."
--Andre Moenssens, Douglas Stripp Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and coauthor of Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases

Take a wild ride by hansom cab along the road paved by Sherlock Holmes--a ride that leads you through medicine, law, pathology, toxicology, anatomy, blood chemistry, and the emergence of forensic science during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Science of Sherlock Holmes is as fascinating and eye-opening as any Holmes mystery. Examining the Great Detective's remarkable adventures--along with gripping real-life mysteries such as the disappearance of Dr. George Parkman, wife-killer Kenneth Barlow, Jack the Ripper, and Lizzie Borden--author E. J. Wagner gives you a new perspective on both Holmes and modern-day forensic detection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, E. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 Dialogue with the Dead.

2 Beastly Tales and Black Dogs.

3 A Fly in the Ointment.

4 Proving Poison.

5 Disguise and the Detective.

6 The Crime Scene by Gaslight.

7 A Picture of Guilt.

8 Shots in the Dark.

9 Bad Impressions.

10 The Real Dirt.

11 Notes from the Devil.

12 A Voice in the Blood.

13 Myth, Medicine, and Murder.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

E. J. Wagner is a crime historian, lecturer, teller of suspense stories for adults, and moderator of the annual Forensic Forum at Stony Brook University's Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. Her work has been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, the New York Times, and the Lancet. E. J.'s Web site is http://forensic.to/webhome/ejwagner/.