The Bad Detective
the incredible cases of nic power
$29.58
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2022
Summary
Having become one of Canada’s first police detectives in 1882, Nicholas Power developed a reputation as the nation’s very own super sleuth, hailed in the newspapers as a homegrown ‘Sherlock Holmes’.
He was involved in all the most heinous and shocking cases of the day, swiftly, almost superhumanly, determining the culprit and their modus operandi from only the barest of evidence. But all was not what it seemed. There was growing concern, even in courts at the time, that Power was sub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911658368 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911658360 |
| Author: | Bob Gordon |
| Publisher: | Mortons Media Group |
| Imprint: | Mortons Media Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 206mm |
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Critics Review
“On his retirement, the Morning Herald noted his “long record of criminal ‘round-ups, ‘ ” which the editors described as “so numerous” and “so full of interest” that it would take an entire “volume to justly recount them.” With this intriguing volume, Bob Gordon has done just that. And in doing so, he’s shattered the myth of Canada’s Sherlock Holmes.“–Literary Review of Canada
About The Author
Bob Gordon
Born and raised in southwestern Ontario, educated at the University of Toronto and McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Bob is a journalist and popular historian. He has spent 30 years writing about Canadian military, criminal and social history. His work has been published in newspapers and magazines across Canada, in the United States and in England. His friends call him the ‘cat whisperer’, while around the editorial offices of Esprit de Corps he is known as the ‘myth buster’. He is a rabid Chicago Bears fan and plans to retire to Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.
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