A. M. Stuart Archives - Criminal Element

Book Review: Singapore Sapphire by A. M. Stuart

By Doreen Sheridan

August 20, 2019

Singapore Sapphire by A. M. Stuart is the first book in the new Harriet Gordon Mystery series set in early 20th-century Singapore, where Gordon and Inspector Robert Curran must suss out a murdering secretive gang before they themselves become the next victims. I’ll admit that when I first started reading Singapore Sapphire, it was with…

Get A Clue: A Brief History of Fingerprints in the 19th Century

By A. M. Stuart

August 5, 2019

You’ve probably watched one of the many “forensic” shows that fill our TV screens. In the course of an hour, our amazing forensic scientists track down the perpetrator using all sorts of whizz-bang machines that go beep. One of these is invariably going to be the “fingerprint” matching computer program. You know the conversation… “We’ve…