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The memoirs of famed British coroner Sir Sydney Smith, covering cases he investigated in postings around the world, including Scotland, the antipodes, and Egypt.

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The sealed parcel contained three small bones, and there was nothing strange about that.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Three Small Bones
2. Dr. Bell and Sherlock Holmes
3. The Hopetoun Quarry Murder
4. Adventures in Egypt
5. Murder as a Business
6. Mobs and Riots
7. The Murder of the Sirdar
8. Bullets, Bones, and Fingerprints
9. Return to Edinburgh
10. The Case of Siney Fox
11. The Case of Annie Hearn
12. The Strangling of Chrissie Gall
13. The Jersely Abortion case
14. Child-Murder in Aberdeen
15. The Sydney Shark Case
16. The Ruxton Case
17. Clues in Clothes
18. Accident, Suicide, or Murder?
19. War and Ballistics
20. A Murder in Ceylon
21. The Auckland Arsenic Mystery

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First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harrap
Country: England
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0245538011
Page Count: 318

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Reading Level: Adults

Fine for adults and most teens.

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  1. biography
  2. forensics
  3. memoir
  4. non-fiction
  5. nonfiction
  6. true crime 

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