Copyright © 2018 by Margalit Fox

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Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Profile Books, London.

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NAMES: Fox, Margalit, author.

TITLE: Conan Doyle for the defense : the true story of a sensational British murder, a quest for justice, and the world’s most famous detective writer / Margalit Fox.

DESCRIPTION: New York : Random House, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

IDENTIFIERS: LCCN 2017058151| ISBN 9780399589454 (hardback) | ISBN 9780399589461 (ebook)

SUBJECTS: LCSH: Discrimination in criminal justice administration—Scotland—Glasgow | Murder—Scotland—Glasgow. | Criminal investigation—Scotland—Glasgow. | Forensic sciences—Scotland—Glasgow. | Vindication—Scotland—Glasgow. | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859–1930. | Detectives—Scotland—Glasgow. | BISAC: LAW / Forensic Science. | TRUE CRIME / Murder / General.

CLASSIFICATION: LCC HV9960.G72 G533 2018 | DDC 364.152/3094144—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2017058151

Ebook ISBN 9780399589461

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