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Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
Val McDermid
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Description for Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
Paperback. Series: Wellcome. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368.
The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces. Forensics draws on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the secrets of this fascinating science. And, along the way, she wonders at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine ... Read more
The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces. Forensics draws on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the secrets of this fascinating science. And, along the way, she wonders at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Wellcome
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781251706
SKU
V9781781251706
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About Val McDermid
VAL McDERMID has published twenty-eight crime novels, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, been translated into sixteen languages and won multiple awards. Her series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill was the basis for the TV series The Wire in the Blood for ITV. Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think ... Read more
Reviews for Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
McDermid has not lost her early journalistic genius for telling a good story plainly
Ian Finlayson
Times
... she dissects the history of forensics through gripping stories of real-life crime.
New Statesman
Every bit as compelling as the best of the fictional genre
Irish Times
Fascinating history of forensic science .... McDermid provides ... Read more
Ian Finlayson
Times
... she dissects the history of forensics through gripping stories of real-life crime.
New Statesman
Every bit as compelling as the best of the fictional genre
Irish Times
Fascinating history of forensic science .... McDermid provides ... Read more