{"product_id":"sleuth-hound-the-case-of-the-real-sherlock-holmes-9780241632611","title":"Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of The Butchering Art and The Facemaker comes the astonishing true story of Joseph Bell, the Scottish surgeon whose extraordinary talent for detection inspired Sherlock Holmes  Edinburgh, 1878. A medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle squeezes into the Royal Infirmary's packed operating theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrated professor whose uncanny powers of observation blur the line between diagnosis and detective work.  That professor was Joseph Bell, who became one of the most celebrated surgeons and medical reformers of his age. With a flair for the theatrical and an eye for clues hidden in the tiniest details, he astonished his students with lightning-fast deductions about his patients' backgrounds and ailments. Together with Edinburgh's chief police surgeon, Henry Duncan Littlejohn, Bell also investigated some of the highest-profile murders of the century, including those of Jack the Ripper, and collaborated with forensic specialists such as a ballistics expert named Dr. Watson. And as Conan Doyle's mentor, Bell inspired the creation of literature's most iconic sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.  International bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris guides us through the smog-choked alleys and crowded slums of Victorian Edinburgh to tell the compelling, untold story of the birth of modern forensic science through the life of its most charismatic figure.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241632611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 27 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 24.1(H)x16.3(L)x3(W)541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 541\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eLindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times bestselling author and medical historian who brings the grisly, surprising, and deeply human history of medicine to life. She is the author of The Butchering Art-winner of the PEN\/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Wolfson History Prize-and The Facemaker. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and appears regularly on CNN, BBC, C-SPAN, and NPR.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eLindsey Fitzharris is an \u003cb\u003eelectrifying \u003c\/b\u003estoryteller whose gift for weaving science and history into an \u003cb\u003eimpeccably researched\u003c\/b\u003e narrative is second to none. In \u003ci\u003eSleuth-Hound\u003c\/i\u003e, she brings the extraordinary world of Joseph Bell—the brilliant physician who inspired Sherlock Holmes—\u003cb\u003evividly \u003c\/b\u003eto life with all the pace of a detective story and the authority of a master historian -- Hallie Rubenhold, author of \u003ci\u003e The Five \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003estunning, magnificent \u003c\/b\u003eachievement. The outcome of incredible archival research and \u003cb\u003esensational detective work\u003c\/b\u003e, this \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003ebook is a \u003cb\u003edazzling revelation\u003c\/b\u003e, which absolutely transforms our understanding of medical history. You are on the streets of Edinburgh, right there with Conan Doyle and Bell as they explore the world of science. \u003cb\u003eAs gripping as a thriller,\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003cb\u003ecinematic \u003c\/b\u003evision and \u003cb\u003ediamond brilliance\u003c\/b\u003e, this book is \u003cb\u003ea spectacular triumph\u003c\/b\u003e. Lindsey Fitzharris is \u003cb\u003eone of our greatest living historians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Williams, author of \u003ci\u003e Regina \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003edelicious \u003c\/b\u003eforay into the \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e—and \u003cb\u003egrisly\u003c\/b\u003e—world of 19th-century forensics, as Fitzharris unmasks the ‘real’ Sherlock Holmes. Convincing and \u003cb\u003edelightful\u003c\/b\u003e -- Erik Larson, author of \u003ci\u003e The Demon of Unrest \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLindsey Fitzharris: most \u003cb\u003eentertaining \u003c\/b\u003ewriter in the history of the history of medicine! In her latest exploration of the field's quixotic heroes, we meet physician Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes and a pioneer in the nascent field of medical jurisprudence, aka criminal forensics. In just the right amount of \u003cb\u003edelightfully lurid detail\u003c\/b\u003e, Fitzharris brings to life the first murder cases wherein science took a seat in the courtroom. \u003cb\u003eFascinating and fabulous\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mary Roach, author of \u003ci\u003e Replaceable You \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e Stiff \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling \u003c\/b\u003eauthor Lindsey Fitzharris turns a \u003cb\u003eSherlockian \u003c\/b\u003emagnifying glass on [Joseph] Bell in \u003ci\u003eSleuth-Hound\u003c\/i\u003e, tracing the life and career of a medical pioneer whose accomplishments have been overshadowed by the fictional hero he inspired... Fitzharris vividly recreates Victorian era Edinburgh, with its \u003cb\u003egrand \u003c\/b\u003eedifices, fetid\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eslums and \u003cb\u003egrisly \u003c\/b\u003ecrimes… As Fitzharris makes clear in this \u003cb\u003emasterful account\u003c\/b\u003e, a formidable real-life sleuth was amassing evidence and fighting for justice before his fictional counterpart stole the spotlight -- Dean Jobb * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cb\u003espellbinding \u003c\/b\u003eas any work of fiction * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ehighly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e addition to Sherlockiana -- Pat Carty * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eFitzharris… revisits this familiar story and sets it in the context of the era’s rapidly developing forensic science * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtmospheric and wide-reaching \u003c\/b\u003e... an account of the remarkable doctors and scientists who together created what we know today as forensics ... \u003cb\u003e[Fitzharris] recounts cases of gaslight and grisly murder, vividly depicting the biting cold of Scottish streets and the searing heat of courtroom drama\u003c\/b\u003e -- Brandy Shillace * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A]  fascinating tale of medicine and murder\u003c\/b\u003e ...  [and] a vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ...  The real-life model for Sherlock Holmes [is] the solid moral center of this \u003cb\u003eprobing and excellent\u003c\/b\u003e book -- Deborah Blum * New York Times *","brand":"Lindsey Fitzharris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51528074920153,"sku":"9780241632611","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780241632611.jpg?v=1794035245","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/sleuth-hound-the-case-of-the-real-sherlock-holmes-9780241632611","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}