The KnowHow Book of Detection

by Judy Hindley, Donald Rumbelow, Colin King (Illustrator)

Introduces the basics elements of crime detection, including searching for fingerprints, interviewing witnesses, using clues, collecting evidence, and international cooperation.

Paperback

First published May 1, 1978

About the author

Judy Hindley, who has written more than fifty books for children, has a special knack for capturing the language and subjects that delight preschoolers. Among her books are THE BIG RED BUS, THE PERFECT LITTLE MONSTER, and THE BEST THING ABOUT A PUPPY. She is also the author of the immensely popular EYES, NOSE, FINGERS, AND TOES and DO LIKE A DUCK DOES.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

First published in May 1978 by Usborne, this thrilled me as a 9-year old and I did, indeed, set up a detective bureau in my bedroom, fingerprinting friends and family and wandering around Rothwell trying to find cases to solve. I’ve spent years looking for this - I couldn’t remember the publisher or title - and it was a chance glance while looking for the Usborne ghosts book that I discovered it. The Flat Man (the baddie of the piece) inspired some villains in my own writing at the time (Detective West came up against Wiry Cog, as I recall) and the story still works now, forty-one years later. Inspired, well laid out and beautifully illustrated by Colin King, I loved this then and I loved re-discovering it as a fifty-year-old. Brilliant and very highly recommended.