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1. The devices of truth; Part I. Tell-Tale Hearts: 2. The lie detectorand the thinking machine; 3. The unequal voice in 'The Murders in the RueMorgue'; 4. The letter of the law in The Woman in White; 5. The criminal typein 'A Case of Identity'; 6. The voice of America in Red Harvest; Part II.Arresting Shots: 7. The mug shot and the magnifying glass; 8. Photographicmemories in Bleak House; 9. Double exposure in The House of the Seven Gables;10. Negative images in 'A Scandal in Bohemia'; 11. Empty cameras in The BigSleep and Farewell My Lovely; Part III. Identifying Marks: 12. Thefingerprint and the map of crime; 13. Foreign bodies in A Study in Scarletand The Sign of Four; 14. Accusing hands in Puddn'head Wilson; 15.International plots in The Maltese Falcon and Murder on the Orient Express;16. Missing persons and secret agents; Selected works for further reading.