The Return of Dr. Sam. Johnson, Detector: As Told by James Boswell (Ipl Library of Crime Classics) - Softcover

De LA Torre, Lilian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093033034X ISBN 13: 9780930330347

Publisher: Intl Polygonics Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

The eighteenth-century lexicographer Samuel Johnson accompanied by his biographer James Boswell solves a series of strange crimes

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

De la Torre makes Samuel Johnson, the 18th century lexicographer and author, and his biographer, James Boswell, into detectives who, like Holmes and Watson, solve crimes with their superior intellects and the aid of science. Boswell narrates the adventures in a style familiar to readers of the Life of Johnson, and de la Torre notes actual cases that inspired the stories: a missing heir who suddenly reappears to claim his fortune; a "servant wench" who is kidnapped and then returns with no memory of what has happened to her; body-snatchers apprehended; a triple murder discovered in a locked room. This is the first Johnson book since 1960 and, with its provocative literary twist, makes for an enjoyable mystery read. December
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About this edition

• Publisher: Intl Polygonics Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 093033034X
• ISBN 13: 9780930330347
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200