The Science of Sherlock Holmes From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
Arthur Conan Doyle's dynamic Sherlock Holmes stories ... were not only entertaining and addictive puzzles, but also frequently based on scientific principles, and ground breaking for the times. ... In examining influential real and fictional crimes of the time, author and crime historian E.J. Wagner weaves her analysis of the period's forensic science with that of contemporary crime investigations. -- Jacket flap.