The century of the detective.
By: Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 500
Subjects: Criminal investigation.
Description: Includes material on Alphonese Bertillon, Scotland Yard, Adolf Beck, Doctor Crippen, Bernard Spilsbury, Marie Lafarge, Marie Besnard, Sacco-Vanzett, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, among other topics.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 471-489.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."