Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed How to Think Like Sherlock: Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory and Deduction on + 1568 more book reviews
Daniel Smith has written a logical and user-friendly compendium of suggestions and hints for seeing beyond the obvious. It is an outline of Sherlock Holmes' 'method', his system for sorting clues from trivia, truth from lies, and guilt from innocence. And each basic tenet is illustrated with information or quotations from the world's first--and actually imaginary--Consulting Detective.
It took me a moment's thought to correctly figure out the three scenarios below. Can you do as well?
FROM THE FLYLEAF:
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender goes to pour one when she suddenly turns to the customer and screams. The customer thanks her and leaves. Why?
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A man is suspected of stealing from a company he's just visited. The police stop him and find nothing incriminating on him or in the van he's driving. But they still arrest him. Why?
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A child wakes up and sees some coal, a carrot, and a scarf on the lawn. He starts to cry. When his mother asks why, he says, "It's Bobby!" What's happened?
It took me a moment's thought to correctly figure out the three scenarios below. Can you do as well?
FROM THE FLYLEAF:
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender goes to pour one when she suddenly turns to the customer and screams. The customer thanks her and leaves. Why?
*
A man is suspected of stealing from a company he's just visited. The police stop him and find nothing incriminating on him or in the van he's driving. But they still arrest him. Why?
*
A child wakes up and sees some coal, a carrot, and a scarf on the lawn. He starts to cry. When his mother asks why, he says, "It's Bobby!" What's happened?
