A Guide to Deduction

by Hannah Rogers

Updated and Revised 2nd edition. A Guide to Deduction is a guide for any potential Sherlock Holmes or John Watson. A series of reflections on subjects to help anyone from novices to experts to learn how to deduce things from your surroundings. The book is a useful reference to learn about the common details that appear in the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. In this second edition, learn more about lock picking, poisons and the chemistry in the world around us.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Mystery

142 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 10, 2015

Reviews

[Susan “Sam” · Rating 1 out of 5]

After slogging through twenty percent of this book and the remarkable profusion of spelling errors, grammatical errors and incomplete sentences, I'm ready to offer my final deduction:

Don't trust in a book purportedly full of wisdom whose author is incapable of following conventional usage rules for English language writing.

Even Mr. Holmes had Dr. Watson, and Ms. Hannah Rogers couldn't locate an editor?

No time to finish this when other authors are writing outstanding books of fiction and nonfiction. No need to because of my deduction (above). No stars. No reason for even one.

[Malin · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.7 rating. It was not as I had expected and it didn't give me much.

[Vanessa Pätzold · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gives you some really cool information about deducing others. Although gotta say that in hindsight buying this book wasn´t necessary because you find literally everything on her tumblr blog as well!

[amycw · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolute rubbish! This book is essentially a list of things to notice about people, but they are so obvious and ridiculous that it is insulting. For instance, "If someone smells of cigarette smoke but does not smoke, they likely spend time with someone who smokes." Wow! I feel enlightened now. Or, "If someone has good posture, they may be a ballerina." Really?

The only way I can see someone finding value in this book is if they were writing a Sherlock story and needed ideas of characteristics that Sherlock could notice about someone. Everything in this book could easily be found with a quick Google search. Do not waste your money.

Honestly, I can't believe anyone gave this a green light to be published.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A rather extensive list of what to observe and why. Sometimes the exclamations are of the sort:”Why didn’t I think of that ?” A list of what Sherlock Holmes would use in his process.