True Detective Stories

by Terry Deary

**Fascinating, frightening, or just plain frustrating? These eight gripping stories show detective work as it really is – and sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction...** Read about: • the ghostly dream that helped to solve a baffling murder mystery • some clever detectives' tricks that led to the conviction of the "Laurel and Hardy" jewel thieves • the crafty blackmailer who nearly got away with the perfect crime. With facts on fingerprinting, police files and the Flying Squad, True Detective Stories brings you face to face with real-life detectives, and some sinister cases it is their job to solve.