Sleuth-Hound

A stunning, magnificent achievement. The outcome of incredible archival research and sensational detective work, this gripping book is a dazzling revelation, which absolutely transforms our understanding of medical history. You are on the streets of Edinburgh, right there with Conan Doyle and Bell as they explore the world of science. As gripping as a thriller, with cinematic vision and diamond brilliance, this book is a spectacular triumph. Lindsey Fitzharris is one of our greatest living historians – Kate Williams, author of Regina
A delicious foray into the compelling—and grisly—world of 19th-century forensics, as Fitzharris unmasks the ‘real’ Sherlock Holmes. Convincing and delightful – Erik Larson, author of The Demon of Unrest
Lindsey Fitzharris: most entertaining writer in the history of the history of medicine! In her latest exploration of the field’s quixotic heroes, we meet physician Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes and a pioneer in the nascent field of medical jurisprudence, aka criminal forensics. In just the right amount of delightfully lurid detail, Fitzharris brings to life the first murder cases wherein science took a seat in the courtroom. Fascinating and fabulous – Mary Roach, author of Replaceable You and Stiff

Lindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times bestselling author and medical historian who brings the grisly, surprising, and deeply human history of medicine to life. She is the author of The Butchering Art—winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Wolfson History Prize—and The Facemaker. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and appears regularly on CNN, BBC, C-SPAN, and NPR.

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