{"product_id":"9781435163980","title":"The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases","description":"\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e  “A double triumph…masterful.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e  “Utterly compelling.”\u003cbr\u003e–Otto Penzler  Take a wild ride by hansom cab along the road paved by Sherlock Holmes—a ride that leads you through medicine, law, pathology, toxicology, anatomy, blood chemistry, and the emergence of forensic science during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.   This new, updated edition of the Edgar® Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Sherlock Holmes \u003c\/i\u003eis as fascinating and eye-opening as any Holmes mystery. Author E.J. Wagner delves into gripping real-life mysteries such as:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Jack the Ripper’s brutal 1888 murders could have been solved, if detectives had followed the example of the Holmes mystery \u003ci\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e, published the year before.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inability of rudimentary forensic science to link Lizzie Borden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn examining the Great Detective’s remarkable adventures—along with gripping real-life mysteries such as the disappearance of Dr. George Parkman, wife-killer Kenneth Barlow, Jack the Ripper, and Lizzie Borden—Wagner gives readers a new perspective on both Holmes and modern-day forensic detection.","brand":"Fall River Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026197299440,"sku":"9781435163980","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781435163980_p0.jpg?v=1763755128","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781435163980","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}