FIFTEEN CLUES True Stories of Great Crime Detection

Hardback. An abandoned pistol or a carelessly dropped overcoat will immediately be recognised as a useful clue, even by a novice. But a pair of spectacles, a piece of knotted string, a single hair - such "inconsequential" articles can be discerned as significant clues only by the shrewdest of investigators. In these pages, the author recreates 15 criminal cases in which diligent men of vision and ingenuity followed their instincts, and grasped at straws, that others had overlooked, to solve baffling crimes. There is no "perfect crime". No matter how careful a felon may be, no matter how ingenius, he is bound to leave behind one tiny clue which, to the superior detective, becomes a key that unlocks the mystery. Such detectives are to be found the world over - the cases are from the files of Scotland Yard, the FBI and the French Surete. 252pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned edges, o/w Vg. in sunned and lightly soiled G++ pcdw.