Book

B D754C 2006

Costello, Peter.

Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes / Peter Costello.

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

New York : Carroll & Graf, 2006.

x, 326 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 20 cm

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes, Sherlock.

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Holmes, Sherlock.

Authors, Scottish -- Biography.

Criminal investigation -- Great Britain -- History.

Detectives -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Authors, Scottish.

Criminal investigation.

Detectives.

Great Britain.

Biography.

History.

Originally published by Robinson, as 'The real world of Sherlock Holmes', 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-326).

1 A Detective Calls 1 -- 2 Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes 12 -- 3 The Chamber of Horrors 18 -- 4 By Every Post a Call for Help 35 -- 5 Strange Studies from Life 48 -- 6 The Mystery at Moat House Farm 66 -- 7 The Club of Strange Crimes 71 -- 8 The Trail of Jack the Ripper 79 -- 9 The Persecution of George Edalji 95 -- 10 Stolen: The Irish Crown Jewels 133 -- 11 The Langham Hotel Mystery 142 -- 12 The Vanished Dane 147 -- 13 Was Crippen Innocent? 150 -- 14 The Case of Oscar Slater 153 -- 15 Into the Valley of Fear: Crime in America 171 -- 16 The Bluebeard of the Bath 190 -- 17 The Errant Knight 197 -- 18 Ned Kelly and Fisher's Ghost: Crime in Australasia 206 -- 19 New Light on Old Crimes 214 -- 20 Conan Doyle and the Motor-Bandit 227 -- 21 The Strange Death of the General's Wife 233 -- 22 Death Beside the Sea 242 -- 23 The Crowborough Chicken Farm Murder 249 -- 24 The Case of the Missing Lady 254 -- 25 The Zoo Park Murder 265 -- 26 A Peculiar Death at Umtali 276 -- 27 The Cobbler and the Fish-Pedlar 284 -- Epilogue: The Files are Closed 289.

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