Introduction and acknowledgements -- Scientific detection -- A criminologist is born -- The early case-book of Luke May -- Moving to greener fields -- Centralia deaths spark career surge -- Education, innovation and more national renown -- Fame grows, at some cost -- Notoriety follows a lull -- Work and play -- Tool marks are the key -- Chicago calls -- Spreading the word -- Chief of detectives and criminologist -- Riding the crest -- War clouds gather -- Naval intelligence duty -- The game has changed -- Playing out the string -- Retrospective -- Appendix: cases overview -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.
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