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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

by David Grann · 2010

True Crime · ranked #38 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

Acclaimed New Yorker writer and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Grann offers a collection of spellbinding narrative journalism. Whether he's reporting on the infiltra

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The verdict

Category
True Crime
First published
2010 · 2010s
Author
David Grann
Standing
Recommended

About True Crime

True crime earns its place when it treats its subjects — victims, perpetrators, systems — with rigour rather than sensationalism. These are the investigations that get to something true.

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