The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

By: David Grann

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011-01-11

<b><b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Killers of the Flower Moon </i>and<i> The Wager</i>—and one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation—comes a “horrifying, hilarious, and outlandish” (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>) collection of gripping true crime mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances.</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>"[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—<i>New York Magazine</i></b><br></b><br> Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be a superb storyteller. In <i>The Devil and Sherlock Holmes,</i> Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery of rogues and heroes with their own particular fixations who show that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.<br><b><br>Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, <i>The Wager</i>!</b>