Showing The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession by David Grann

Pub Date: 2011-03-03 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK 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 outre 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 true stories in this collection. all twelve contain elements of intrigue Many of the protagonists are sleu...