The First Detective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Detective write by Edgar Allan Poe. This book was released on 2009-05. The First Detective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 'first detective' of fiction steps out 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe is widely considered to be the first true detective story; also in this volume are the author's two other detective fiction classics featuring the same central character-'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' & 'The Purloined Letter.' The French detective who features in all three is Chevalier Auguste Dupin, an amateur sleuth who puts himself in the position of the criminal and then uses logical deduction to discover how a crime was committed. This is an opportunity for lovers of classic crime and detective fiction to own and read these important and groundbreaking mysteries in a single volume, available in paperback or hardback with dust jacket for collectors.
The First Detective
The First Detective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Detective write by James Morton. This book was released on 2004. The First Detective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This historical biography by bestselling crime author James Morton is an enjoyable romp through the 18th century in the company of a man who was many things to many men - a jewel thief, a spy, a policeman and a private eye. Balzac, Hugo and Dickens all created characters based on Vidocq.
The First Detective
The First Detective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Detective write by James Morton. This book was released on 2013-05-03. The First Detective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the 18th century in search of this elusive figure. Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
The Notting Hill Mystery
The Notting Hill Mystery - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Notting Hill Mystery write by Charles Felix. This book was released on 2020-08-24. The Notting Hill Mystery available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Source documents compiled by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson are used to build a case against Baron "R___", who is suspected of murdering his wife. The baron's wife died from drinking a bottle of acid, apparently while sleepwalking in her husband's private laboratory. Henderson's suspicions are raised when he learns that the baron recently had purchased five life insurance policies for his wife. As Henderson investigates the case, he discovers not one but three murders. Although the baron's guilt is clear to the reader even from the outset, how he did it remains a mystery. Eventually this is revealed, but how to catch him becomes the final challenge; he seems to have committed the perfect crime.
Talking About Detective Fiction
Talking About Detective Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Talking About Detective Fiction write by P. D. James. This book was released on 2011-05-03. Talking About Detective Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting. Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more. Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.
