The Emperor's Snuff Box Author:John Dickson Carr Beside the dead body of Sir Maurice Lawes are the shattered fragments of a snuff-box that once belonged to Napoleon. These fragments tell a tale, or rather two tales, one true and one false. How an English expert in criminology forces the evidence to "tell" the truth about what happened and to point out the real murderer makes for what /Time/ ca... more »lled "a brilliant exercise in detecting and a chilling adventure in villainy."