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xi, 321 pages ; 21 cm "The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained in deliberations of logic - preferably amid complicated gadgetry and scientific tomes. The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, whether they are identifying the perpetrator from a scrap of fabric, or picking out the poison from a sinister line-up. Containing stories by R Austin Freeman, J J Connington and the master of logical reasoning, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Measure of Malice collects tales of rational thinking to prove the power of the human brain over villainous deeds"-- Introduction -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Horror of Studley Grange / L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace -- The Tragedy of a Third Smoker / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne -- The Man Who Disappeared / L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax -- The Cyprian Bees / Anthony Wynne -- The English Filter / C. E. Bechhofer Roberts -- The Contents of a Mare's Nest / R. Austin Freeman -- After Death the Doctor / J. J. Connington -- The Broken Toad / H. C. Bailey -- In the Teeth of the Evidence / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The Case of the Chemist in th
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- Author
- Martin Edwards, Martin Edwards
- Publisher
- Naperville, Illinois: Poisoned Pen Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781492699620
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Thriller, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (241 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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