The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
2007 Edgar® Nominee
Take a wild ride by hansom cab along the road paved by Sherlock Holmes— a ride that leads you through medicine, law, pathology, toxicology, anatomy, blood chemistry, and the emergence of forensic science during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Science of Sherlock Holmes is as fascinating and eye-opening as any Holmes mystery. Examining the Great Detective’s remarkable adventures—along with gripping real-life mysteries such as the disappearance of Dr. George Parkman, wife-killer Kenneth Barlow, Jack the Ripper, and Lizzie Borden—author E. J. Wagner gives you a new perspective on both Holmes and modern-day forensic detection.
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Book details
- Author
- EJ Wagner
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Law › Forensic Science
- Topics
- forensic science history · criminology · toxicology · pathology · Arthur Conan Doyle · true crime · Victorian detective fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780470128237 (Paperback)9780471648796 (Hardcover)
About the author
E.J. WAGNER is a crime historian and lecturer, and the author of The Science of Sherlock Holmes.
Wagner won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work from the Mystery Writers of America. Her writing has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, the New York Times, The Lancet, and Smithsonian magazine.
When she’s not writing, Wagner serves as moderator of the annual Forensic Forum at the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences at Stony Brook University, New York, and maintains a website at ejwagner-crimehistorian.com focused on criminal history and the folklore of crime.