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Memories of a Private Detective

5/5 ( ratings)

"Stirring and entertaining"
"Sherlock Holmes in real life"
"Righting wrongs and tall stories"
"Truth sometimes is much stranger than fiction"

A collection of real-life investigations from one of London's first private detectives. Whether holding up a South American president at gunpoint, or recovering a kidnapped child from a bungalow in Canvey Island; Herbert Marshall's career read like an action story and inspired the fictional character of Sexton Blake.

In this book, originally published in 1924, Marshall describes some of his most notable cases. Modern research has managed to identify a few of the participants, who were originally anonymous, and the book includes a new introduction with background and biography.

Pages: 245

Format: Kindle Edition

Memories of a Private Detective

5/5 ( ratings)

"Stirring and entertaining"
"Sherlock Holmes in real life"
"Righting wrongs and tall stories"
"Truth sometimes is much stranger than fiction"

A collection of real-life investigations from one of London's first private detectives. Whether holding up a South American president at gunpoint, or recovering a kidnapped child from a bungalow in Canvey Island; Herbert Marshall's career read like an action story and inspired the fictional character of Sexton Blake.

In this book, originally published in 1924, Marshall describes some of his most notable cases. Modern research has managed to identify a few of the participants, who were originally anonymous, and the book includes a new introduction with background and biography.

Pages: 245

Format: Kindle Edition

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