Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler

The Crimes of Paris

A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1911 Paris, Detective Alphonse Bertillon, renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, is called upon to solve one of the most notorious crimes to hit the city: the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre. The Hooblers present the true story of that case.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780803234321
• ISBN-10: 0803234325
• Artikelnr.: 29931103

Autorenporträt

Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have written numerous books together, including The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein and the Edgar Award-winning In Darkness, Death. They are married and live in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Theft
Chapter One - The City of Light
Chapter Two - Searching for a Woman
Chapter Three - Sympathy for the Devil
Chapter Four - Science vs. Crime
Chapter Five - The Man Who Measured People
Chapter Six - The Suspects
Chapter Seven - The Motor Bandits
Chapter Eight - The Thief
Chapter Nine - Cherchez la Femme
Chapter Ten - The Greatest Crime
Afterword - The Mastermind
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

"[An] engrossing forensic history...[its] lively portraits...[and] anecdotes buzz with energy."-The Washington Post