Clues or leaves from a Chief Constable's note book
Henderson, William1889
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A collection of real detective stories composed partly using notes collected at the time and partly through recollection. Such stories include: How I tracked the silk stealers; Spaniard versus Jew; A determined thief's career; The wine samplers; An unmitigated scoundrel; Caught red-handed; The story of a yellow painted box; An advertising Jeremy Diddler and A forger's game of billiards.
Main title:
Clues or leaves from a Chief Constable's note book / William Henderson, Chief Constable of Edinburgh, formerly Chief Constable of Leeds and Chief Inspector of the detective department at Manchester and at Glasgow.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1889.
Collation:
256p. : ill. (black and white) ; 19 cm.
Local class:
4/HEN
Language:
English
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BRN:
3420326