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From the serial murders of Jack the Ripper to the Great Train Robbery, the real-life crimes documented by Scotland Yard rival the thorniest cases of such resourceful fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes, Jane Marple, and Hercule Poirot. Gathering together a dazzling array of true crime stories, this fascinating history of the world's most famous police department presents detailed portraits of the colorful characters who have left their mark on British law enforcement: magistrate Henry Fielding and his Bow Street Runners; Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne, the architects of England's new police force; and a rogues' gallery of notorious criminals—from Constance Kent, the 16-year-old child killer whose ingenious coverup almost fooled Victorian detectives, to a raft of modern-day terrorists including foreign extremists, IRA gunmen, and drug overlords. Elegantly written and filled with intriguing information, this book is a fitting tribute to those staunch upholders of British justice, the "sharp-eyed blokes'' of Scotland Yard. Black-and- white photos and illustrations.
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Marla Deese
reviewed Bloody Business: An Anecdotal History of the Scotland Yard on February 05, 2021
Bloody Business
The use of the term "anecdotal" in the book's title suggested to me a kind of "pull up a chair by the fire and let me tell you a story" sort of narrative. In such a scenario I would expect the emphasis to be on thrilling, perhaps even lurid story telling but cemented in the necessity of fact to give it sufficient grounding. Unfortunately, the narrative never really finds a voice sufficient to engage at that level despite the number of rather gruesome and lurid cases it relates. Most of the book is bogged down by dry and sometimes awkwardly written chronologies rendered with broad, fairly emotionless strokes. As a reference work for timelines and facts, the book is worth a cursory read, but it failed to be the thrilling, atmospheric ride along that Edward Gorey's wonderful jacket illustration led me to anticipate.
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