The measure of malice : scientific detection stories
Call Number
- MYSTERY MEAS (CEN)
Publication Information
Naperville : Poisoned Pen Press, [2020]
Physical Description
xi, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"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"--
Contents
- Introduction
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery / The Horror of Studley Grange / The Tragedy of a Third Smoker / The Man Who Disappeared / The Cyprian Bees / The English Filter / The Contents of a Mare's Nest / After Death the Doctor / The Broken Toad / In the Teeth of the Evidence / The Case of the Chemist in the Cupboard / The Purple Line / Blood Sport / The New Cement