The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories (British Library Crime Classics)

by Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Freeman Wills Crofts (Author), Martin Edwards (Author), Anthony Wynne (Author), Freeman Wills Crofts (Author), Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Martin Edwards (Editor), Martin Edwards (Author), Martin Edwards (Editor), C. E. Bechhofer Roberts (Author), John Rhode (Author), H. C. Bailey (Author), J. J. Connington (Author), Edmund Crispin (Author), C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (Author), R. Austin Freeman (Author), Dorothy L. Sayers (Author), Ernest Dudley (Author), Freeman Wills Crofts (Author), Anthony Wynne (Author), Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

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  The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained on finding the key to the mystery. Crimes, whatever their form, are often best solved through deliberations of logic - preferably amid complicated gadgetry and a pile of hefty scientific volumes. The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, whether they are identifying the perpetrator from a single scrap of fabric, or picking out the poison from a sinister line-up. Containing stories by R Austin Freeman, J J Connington and the master of logical reasoning, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Measure of Malice collects tales of rational thinking to prove the power of the human brain over villainous deeds.