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The devil and Sherlock Holmes : tales of murder, madness, and obsession by Grann, David is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, 'If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the planning, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chain of events, working through generations and leading to the most outr? results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.' And with such a spirit for investigation and discovery does David Grann set out in The Devil and Sherlock Holmes to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries. Although Holmes is the subject of just one of the mesmerizing stories in this collection, all twelve contain elements of intrigue. Many of the protagonists are sleuths: a Polish detective trying to determine whether an author planted clues to a real murder in his post-modern novel; an arson investigator racing to prove whether a man about to be executed is innocent; a legendary French con man questioning whether he is the one who is suddenly being conned; and scientists stalking a sea monster. Unlike the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, these tales are all
Who reads The devil and Sherlock Holmes : tales of murder, madness, and obsession?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Grann, David
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385533164
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- True Crime, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (173 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14