Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science

Abstract

1. The devices of truth Part I. Tell-Tale Hearts: 2. The lie detector and the thinking machine 3. The unequal voice in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' 4. The letter of the law in The Woman in White 5. The criminal type in 'A Case of Identity' 6. The voice of America in Red Harvest Part II. Arresting Shots: 7. The mug shot and the magnifying glass 8. Photographic memories in Bleak House 9. Double exposure in The House of the Seven Gables 10. Negative images in 'A Scandal in Bohemia' 11. Empty cameras in The Big Sleep and Farewell My Lovely Part III. Identifying Marks: 12. The fingerprint and the map of crime 13. Foreign bodies in A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four 14. Accusing hands in Puddn'head Wilson 15. International plots in The Maltese Falcon and Murder on the Orient Express 16. Missing persons and secret agents Selected works for further reading.

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