How To Think Like Sherlock Improve Your Powers Of Observation Memory And Deduction
Mantesh
Mantesh
Mantesh
For Rosie – ‘always the woman’
Mantesh
Mantesh
First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
Michael O’Mara Books Limited
9 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London SW4 7NQ
Copyright © Michael O’Mara Books Limited 2012
All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-84317-953-5 in print format
ISBN: 978-1-84317-971-9 in EPub format
ISBN: 978-1-84317-972-6 in Mobipocket format
Cover designed by www.lucystephens.co.uk
Illustrations by Aubrey Smith
Designed and typeset by Dave Crook www.mombooks.com Mantesh
CONTENTS
Introduction
I: Preparing the Mind
Understanding Sherlock
Do You Have the Personality?
Developing an Agile Mind
Being Alert to the World Around You
Keeping an Ear to the Ground
Reading Between the Lines
Keeping an Open Mind
Thinking Laterally
Choosing Your Friends Wisely
Accepting Good Fortune
Learning From Your Mistakes
Keeping Focus
Logic and Deduction
Improving Your Deductive Skills
II: Building Your Knowledge Base
Knowing Your Subject
Obtaining Data
Reading the Signs
Laying Your Cards on the Table
Mastering Disguise
Breaking the Code
Information Sifting
Improving Your Memory
Taking a Walk Down Memory Lane
Reaching Conclusions
Answers to Quizzes
Introduction
Something strange has happened in the last few years. Sherlock Holmes – that uptight, cold, sexless sleuth who inhabited the grimy streets of
London in the latter part of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth – has become cool.
Hollywood (in the form of Robert Downey Jnr)
Mantesh
Mantesh
For Rosie – ‘always the woman’
Mantesh
Mantesh
First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
Michael O’Mara Books Limited
9 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London SW4 7NQ
Copyright © Michael O’Mara Books Limited 2012
All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-84317-953-5 in print format
ISBN: 978-1-84317-971-9 in EPub format
ISBN: 978-1-84317-972-6 in Mobipocket format
Cover designed by www.lucystephens.co.uk
Illustrations by Aubrey Smith
Designed and typeset by Dave Crook www.mombooks.com Mantesh
CONTENTS
Introduction
I: Preparing the Mind
Understanding Sherlock
Do You Have the Personality?
Developing an Agile Mind
Being Alert to the World Around You
Keeping an Ear to the Ground
Reading Between the Lines
Keeping an Open Mind
Thinking Laterally
Choosing Your Friends Wisely
Accepting Good Fortune
Learning From Your Mistakes
Keeping Focus
Logic and Deduction
Improving Your Deductive Skills
II: Building Your Knowledge Base
Knowing Your Subject
Obtaining Data
Reading the Signs
Laying Your Cards on the Table
Mastering Disguise
Breaking the Code
Information Sifting
Improving Your Memory
Taking a Walk Down Memory Lane
Reaching Conclusions
Answers to Quizzes
Introduction
Something strange has happened in the last few years. Sherlock Holmes – that uptight, cold, sexless sleuth who inhabited the grimy streets of
London in the latter part of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth – has become cool.
Hollywood (in the form of Robert Downey Jnr)