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Giant Book of Murder, The: Real Life Cases Cracked by Forensic Science

Roger Wilkes

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Giant Book of Murder, The: Real Life Cases Cracked by Forensic Science

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Giant Book of Murder, The: Real Life Cases Cracked by Forensic Science

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ISBN: 9781845292041
Author: Roger Wilkes
Publisher: Magpie
Date of Publication: 2006-03-17
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.31
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(From Inside Flap)In 1752, a young woman named Mary Blandy put a mysterious white powder in her father's food. At her trial for the murder of the old man, a doctor gave astonishing that he believed this powder was arsenic poison - and he had performed experiments to prove it. As Mary walked up the steps to the gallows, a new science was the science of forensic detection.Gathered here are extraordinary cases from history and the present day, from the first use of fingerprints in a murder trial to the recent advances in genetics. Journalist and author Roger Wilkes gives a fascinating overview of famous cases covered by some of the best crime writers in history.
 

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