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The manual of detection
Author
Title
The manual of detection / Jedediah Berry.
ISBN
9781594202117
1594202117
Publication
New York : The Penguin Press, 2009.
Physical Description
278 pages ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 7470: Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on title page verso indicates 1st printing. Presentation inscription from Jedediah Berry to Chip [Samuel R.] Delany. Accompanied by: one business card for Jed Berry of Small Beer Press (1 sheet ; 9 cm). From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
Notes
Cover illustration by Bill Sanderson.
Summary
Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience and nerves during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2009
Contents
On shadowing
On evidence
On corpses
On clues
On memory
On leads
On suspects
On surveillance
On documentation
On infiltration
On bluffing
On interrogation
On cryptography
On nemeses
On skulduggery
On apprehension
On solutions
On dream detection.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Fantasy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
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