Peter Costello

This fascinating book is based on a remarkable discovery: Sherlock Holmess methods of deduction were actually those of his creator and used in order to solve real crimes; for Scotland Yard Holmes really did exist in the form of Conan Doyle. Author Peter Costello draws on new research to follow the tracks Conan Doyle left as he entered the real word of Sherlock Holmes; his fictional outpourings were the direct result of their authors hidden career as an amateur detective and criminologist

Conan Doyle, detective reúne algunos casos reales de asesinatos, robos o desapariciones para cuya resolución la policía recurrió a Conan Doyle, que tenía cierta reputación como criminalista y era frecuentemente consultado por las autoridades policiales. Asi, algunos casos que nos explica el libro y en los que intervino Conan Doyle son tan famosos como el de Jack el Destripador, el de George Edalji o el caso del robo de las joyas de la corona irlandesa en el que se vio envuelto Shackleton, hermano del famoso explorador. En los ultimos años de su vida el famoso escritor se intereso vivamente por el espiritismo y empezo a recurrir a mediums y videntes, cosa que hizo por ejemplo en el caso de la extraña desaparicion de un dia de Agatha Christie. Ademas de un gran trabajo de investigacion este libro tiene la misma amenidad que un relato detectivesco de Sherlock Holmes.

In a political career spanning more than eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australias longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. The Costello Memoirs charts the victories and defeats in one mans very public life.