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The devil and Sherlock Holmes tales of murder, madness, and obsession

A collection of true stories about people whose fixations propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. --Back cover.

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Main Author:	Grann, David
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011.
Edition:	First Vintage Books edition.
Subjects:	Murder > Case studies. Criminals > Case studies. Criminal behavior > United States. Criminal psychology. Obsessive-compulsive disorder > Case studies.
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Summary:	A collection of true stories about people whose fixations propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. --Back cover.
Physical Description:	404 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]).
ISBN:	9780307275905 (paperback) 0307275906 (paperback)
Author Notes:	David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1989, and earned a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a master's degree from Boston College in creative writing. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. His stories have been published in numerous anthologies of American writing. His books include The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon which won the Indies Choice award for the best nonfiction book of 2009, and Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. (Bowker Author Biography)