From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
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"This book deservedly won an Edgar and should be on the shelves of anyone interested in Holmes's methods". The Sherlock Holmes Journal Summer 2008
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/.
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.