Petrosino (left) and the Italian Squad 1890's NYC I understand that in several countries some change has been made in police procedure on account of these stories. A principle is a principle, whether in fiction or in fact. Many of the great lessons of life are to be learned in the pages of the novelist."… Continue reading Joe Petrosino, the People’s Hero, The Italian “Sherlock Holmes”
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Doyle’s School for Writers
“. . . when the facts slowly evolve before your own eyes and the mystery clears gradually away as each new discovery furnishes a step which leads on to the complete truth.” ENGI. In writing a new Sherlock Holmes novel such as These Scattered Houses, it is essential to look to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s… Continue reading Doyle’s School for Writers
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