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Chargement... Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Real-Life Sherlock Holmespar John Reisinger
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Ellis Parker, a detective known the world over in the early 1900s as the American Sherlock Holmes', solved over 98% of the murders in his New Jersey county. Drawing on the emerging discipline of psychology and his uncanny deductive reasoning skills, he was a 'profiler' before the term existed. So how did he end up behind bars, dying tragically in prison? When he involved himself in the biggest case of his career - the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932 - he inadvertently set in motion his own undoing. This book sets the record straight on this enigmatic man.' Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Ellis Parker was a man of considerable logical and psychological talent that had served him well throughout his career. Of course, as the Depression was in full swing and the Bureau of Investigation had the opportunity to declare Public Enemies, Parker began to run the risk of being eclipsed by so many other high-profile detectives that suddenly had the opportunity to collect many other less-talented but higher-cache criminals.
And then the crime of the century hit New Jersey with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. While Parker was not officially involved for two years, his involvement in the case was seen as inevitable by nearly everyone in the country. Reisinger traces Parker's career before and throughout the Lindbergh case and then concentrates the book on Parker's obsession with finding the real kidnapper.
It is clear that Reisinger has a love both for Parker's career and for Parker the person. So it is not unsurprising that he is unable to maintain an objective eye with the fallout from Parker's investigation. This hampers the book, as the constant need to defend Parker makes him appear far weaker than he most assuredly was in real life. On the upside, this early portraits of New Jersey politics and life as seen through Parker's investigations are well-told. ( )