Master Detective
The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Real-Life Sherlock Holmes
By John Reisinger
(Citadel, Paperback, 9780806527512, 288pp.)
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover
Categories: General, Law Enforcement
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Description
Ellis Parker, a detective known the world over in the early 1900s as the "American Sherlock Holmes," was a profiler before the word was ever coined. "Master Detective" provides a complete picture of the man and the circumstances surrounding his tragic fall.











