For general readers interested in forensic science, Kurland, best known for his "Professor Moriarty" mystery novels, offers a history of the field and its methods. Along with key cases, he details suc
Two-Headed Mary, the philanthropic panhandler who dresses like a society matron when she approaches theatergoers for donations to nonexistent charities, is missing. So is sidelined hoofer Billie Trask
In London, 1892, a well-guarded young nobleman goes missing under distressing circumstances. The nobleman, one Baron Renfrew, is actually Prince Albert Victor, eldest grandson of Queen Victoria. He di
When American journalist Benjamin Barrett is sent to Constantinople to report on the sea trials of a new submarine, the assignment soon becomes more eventful than he had predicted: the submarine explo
Blue blood is flowing in London as a killer slits the throats of the cream of England’s aristocracy. Naturally Scotland Yard enlists the great Sherlock Holmes himself. Only when this ultimate weapon o
Labelled the “Napoleon of Crime” by an obsessed Sherlock Holmes, Professor James Moriarty is a prominent scientist, a keen analytical mind, and a dabbler in less than savory doings. Two friends and fo
A large amount of gold is arriving unannounced on the cargo ship The Empress of India. Yet the impossible happens―the shipment of gold disappears en route. Sherlock Holmes, brought in by Her Majesty's
