num_pages: 320
description: Presents--along with a few case histories--a biography of the New Jersey detective who solved over ninety-eight percent of the murder cases in his county, but whose downfall was the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
language: English
title: Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Real Life Sherlock Holmes
titlecomplete: Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Real Life Sherlock Holmes
genres: Biography, History, True Crime, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 94
publisher: Citadel Press