Conan Doyle for the defense [BOOK CLUB KIT] : how Sherlock Holmes's creator turned real-life detective and freed a man wrongly imprisoned for murder
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Published
New York : Random House, [2018].
Physical Desc
10 paperbacks, 1 folder with supplementary materials or online supplementary materials ; in canvas bag or container
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo Library - Book Club Kits | Book Club Set | Checked Out | June 27, 2024 |
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Book club kits.
Criminal investigation -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Detectives -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- 1859-1930.
Forensic sciences -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Murder -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Nonfiction.
Vindication -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Criminal investigation -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Detectives -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- 1859-1930.
Forensic sciences -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Murder -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Nonfiction.
Vindication -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
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Published
New York : Random House, [2018].
Format
Book Club Kit
Language
English
Notes
General Note
SLO Library Book Club in a Box: 10 books + discussion questions in a box.
General Note
Book club kit.
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After a wealthy woman was brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908, the police found a convenient suspect in Oscar Slater, an immigrant Jewish cardsharp. Though he was known to be innocent, Slater was tried, convicted, and consigned to life at hard labor. Outraged by this injustice, Arthur Conan Doyle, already world renowned as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, used the methods of his most famous character to reinvestigate the case, ultimately winning Slater's freedom. With "an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research" (The Wall Street Journal), Margalit Fox immerses readers in the science of Edwardian crime detection and illuminates a watershed moment in its history, when reflexive prejudice began to be replaced by reason and the scientific method.
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