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The devil and Sherlock Holmes : tales of murder, madness, and obsession /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, [2010]Copyright date: �2010Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 338 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780385517928
  • 0385517920
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 081 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4874.G672 A25 2010
Contents:
Part one. "Any truth is better than indefinite doubt" -- Mysterious circumstances: the strange death of a Sherlock Holmes fanatic -- Trial by fire: did Texas execute an innocent man? -- The chameleon: the many lives of Fr�ed�erick Bourdin -- True crime: a postmodern murder mystery -- Which way did he run: the fireman who forgot 9/11 -- Part two. "A strange enigma is man!" -- The squid hunter: chasing the sea's most elusive creature -- City of water: can an antiquated maze of tunnels continue to sustain New York? -- The old man and the gun: the secrets of a legendary stickup man -- Stealing time: why Ricky Henderson won't go home -- Part three. "All that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe" -- The brand: the rise of the most dangerous prison gang in America -- Crimetown U.S.A.: the city that fell in love with the mob -- Giving the "devil" his due: the death squad real-estate agent.
Read by Mark Deakins.Summary: Collection of the journalist's articles previously published in various periodicals.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 364.1 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000226962

Part one. "Any truth is better than indefinite doubt" -- Mysterious circumstances: the strange death of a Sherlock Holmes fanatic -- Trial by fire: did Texas execute an innocent man? -- The chameleon: the many lives of Fr�ed�erick Bourdin -- True crime: a postmodern murder mystery -- Which way did he run: the fireman who forgot 9/11 -- Part two. "A strange enigma is man!" -- The squid hunter: chasing the sea's most elusive creature -- City of water: can an antiquated maze of tunnels continue to sustain New York? -- The old man and the gun: the secrets of a legendary stickup man -- Stealing time: why Ricky Henderson won't go home -- Part three. "All that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe" -- The brand: the rise of the most dangerous prison gang in America -- Crimetown U.S.A.: the city that fell in love with the mob -- Giving the "devil" his due: the death squad real-estate agent.

Read by Mark Deakins.

Collection of the journalist's articles previously published in various periodicals.

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