This book is my humble attempt to shine a light on the work of\nthe best and wisest I have ever known. He has, I think it is safe\nto say, elevated the science of detection into an art form. Having\nbeen at his side during some of his most remarkable cases, it has\nfallen to me to bring his achievements to the attention of the\nwider public. He is, quite simply, the Mozart of criminal\ninvestigation.

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I would say more, but I am flattered and delighted to say that\nSherlock Holmes himself has agreed to write a piece for the\ncover. John Watson

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Don#146;t buy this book. The author has transformed what should\nhave been a series of lectures into a gross and tasteless\nentertainment. The science of deduction is a branch of human\nachievement requiring serious analysis and yet here I find it\nlavishly illustrated, disfigured with humour and infested with\ngossip.

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Apparently, this kind of sensationalism is required to engage\nthe interest of the reading public, but it is rather like working\nan office romance into a paper on quantum physics. Only an idiot\nwould be impressed. Help yourself. Sherlock Holmes

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