Scotland Yard Casebook
Lock, Joan![Scotland Yard Casebook](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/390/39041216/CHSBZCOP0339041216.jpg)
In 1878 the Criminal Investigation Department replaced Scotland Yard's corrupt and discredited Detective Branch.
In this classic story of the early days of detection, Joan Lock tells the fascinating story of the creation of the CID, the scandal which preceded it, and the successes and failures of the new organization, including early cases such as the four murders by Ernest Southey, the ferocious outbreak of dockland killings in 1869 and the m...