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The Sherlock Holmes Handbook
The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective
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This reader’s companion to the casework of Sherlock Holmes explores the methodology of the world’s most famous consulting detective. From analyzing fingerprints and decoding ciphers to creating disguises and faking one’s own death, readers will learn how Holmes solved his most celebrated cases—plus an arsenal of modern techniques available to today’s armchair sleuths. Along the way, readers will discover a host of trivia about the master detective and his universe:
• Why did Holmes never marry?
• How was the real Scotland Yard organized?
• Was cocaine really legal back then?
• Why were the British so terrified of Australia?
For die-hard Sherlockians and amateur investigators alike, this handbook is nothing less than . . . elementary.

- Ransom Riggs - Author
- Eugene Smith - Illustrator
Kindle Book
- Release date: June 15, 2010
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781594744778
- Release date: June 15, 2010
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781594744778
- File size: 5003 KB
- Release date: June 15, 2010
Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Languages
English
This reader’s companion to the casework of Sherlock Holmes explores the methodology of the world’s most famous consulting detective. From analyzing fingerprints and decoding ciphers to creating disguises and faking one’s own death, readers will learn how Holmes solved his most celebrated cases—plus an arsenal of modern techniques available to today’s armchair sleuths. Along the way, readers will discover a host of trivia about the master detective and his universe:
• Why did Holmes never marry?
• How was the real Scotland Yard organized?
• Was cocaine really legal back then?
• Why were the British so terrified of Australia?
For die-hard Sherlockians and amateur investigators alike, this handbook is nothing less than . . . elementary.

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Details
Publisher:
Quirk Books
Kindle Book
Release date: June 15, 2010
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9781594744778
Release date: June 15, 2010
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781594744778
File size: 5003 KB
Release date: June 15, 2010
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Creators
- Ransom Riggs - Author
- Eugene Smith - Illustrator
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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