The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

2010 • 418 pages

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Average rating3.2

15

Grann is a talented investigative journalist, and Killers of the Flower Moon was my favorite nonfiction book of 2017, but this collection of his magazine writing is disjointed. The topics range from the titular Sherlock Holmes obsessive to 9/11 firefighters to corrupt Ohio politicians to CIA sponsored terrorists.

Plus, the stories are dated now. It's a bit like listening to a podcast series that's over a decade old.

March 13, 2018