True stories of crime & detection
By: Gill Harvey
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Usborne; Usborne Publishing Ltd
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781601301499; 9780746088340
Subjects: Case studies; Juvenile literature; Criminal investigation
Other titles: Crime & detection
Description: Are real criminals and detectives anything like the ones you see on TV or read about in novels? You can find out in these ten exciting stories. Serial murders, art forgers, kidnappers, robbers, runaways and forensic scientists are all here as well as cases of real life horror that will chill your bone.
Notes: Previous edition: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The man of many disguises; title: No body, no murder; title: The embittered artist; title: The American Sherlock Holmes; title: The man who was someone else; title: Information, information, information; title: The doctor's secret; title: Held to ransom; title: On the run.