The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective

by Ransom Riggs, Eugene Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn the skills of the world’s most famous detective in this how-to guide for Sherlock enthusiasts and amateur sleuths—from the author of the Miss Peregrine books

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594744778
Publisher:	Quirk Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,002,228
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, 2011), a New York Times best seller with more than 5 million copies sold, as well as its best-selling sequels Hollow City (Quirk, 2013) and Library of Souls (Quirk, 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife.