Crime Doctor

Download or read book Crime Doctor written by John Dennis McCallum and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crime Doctor written by Ernest Hornung and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crime Doctor written by Ernest William Hornung and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dollar, a former soldier in the Boer War and a medical doctor, encounters mystery and deception in his goal of stopping crime before it occurs. Dollar is willing to deal with habitual criminals in any way that will stop them, but focuses on those whom he can turn away from evil: a spy in possession of top-secret Admiralty documents, suffragettes who may turn to arson, a kleptomaniac, a Christmas Day race to save a condemned man from the gallows.

Download or read book The Crime Doctor written by Ernest William Hornung and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Crime Doctor," tells the story of John Dollar, an ex-soldier who survived a grievous head wound during the Boer War. Dollar decides to pursue a career in medicine and establishes an exclusive practice that caters to criminal cases. He explores criminal cases from the perspective of science.

Download or read book MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Dr. John Dollar's Mysteries & Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief (Illustrated) written by E. W. Hornung and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: “MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Dr. John Dollar’s Mysteries & Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A. J. Raffles is an 'amateur cracksman’ and a gentleman-thief who with his wit and ingenuity befools everyone to get what he wants. On the other hand, Dr. John Dollars is interested in solving criminal cases with his medical expertise – the precursor of our modern day medical mystery detectives! Contents: A Thief in the Night Out of Paradise The Chest of Silver The Rest Cure The Criminologists' Club The Field of Philippi A Bad Night A Trap to Catch a Cracksman The Spoils of Sacrilege The Raffles Relics The Last Word The Crime Doctor The Physician Who Healed Himself The Life-Preserver A Hopeless Case The Golden Key A Schoolmaster Abroad One Possessed The Doctor's Assistant The Second Murderer E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was an English author and poet and also brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung is known for writing the A. J. Raffles series about a gentleman thief based on a deliberate inversion of the Sherlock Holmes series. Hornung dedicated his creation as a form of flattery to Doyle.

Download or read book Memorable Films of the Forties written by John Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a movie memorable? Has it won awards? Is it still constantly aired on television? Did it have an enormous influence in its day? Nearly 100 films of the 1940s are examined in detail, with complete cast, credit and background information. Pictures include "Casablanca," "Meet Me in St Louis," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "All About Eve," "Cobra Woman," "Laura," "The Three Musketeers," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," "He Walked By Night," "Forever Amber," "The Paleface," etc.

Download or read book The BFI Companion to Crime written by Phil Hardy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbers, gangsters, murderers, and criminals of every description have long been a staple of popular entertainment. Movies are no exception, and film buffs and scholars alike now have a complete guide to the vast array of films that make up the fascinating world of crime cinema. The BFI Companion to Crime offers detailed information on the sub-genres and motifs of movies dealing with criminals and their behavior: prison dramas, heist stories, kidnappings, the exploits of serial killers, juvenile delinquents, and hired guns. Phil Hardy also includes articles on the historical and social background of crime movies. The Mafia, the Japanese yakuza, the FBI, and the underworld of union rackets, prostitution, and drugs are some of the topics covered. Fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret, Philip Marlow, and Pretty Boy Floyd appear in these pages, along with the literary sources of many crime films. The works of Graham Greene, Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, and Eric Ambler are among those featured. Abundantly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this is the book for film enthusiasts and anyone interested in the crime genre.