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by Val McDermid

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The internally bestselling author of the Karen Pirie series "offers fascinating glimpses" (Boston Globe) into the real world of criminal forensics from its beginnings to the modern day.

The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces, forensic scientists unlock the mysteries of the past and serve justice. In Forensics, international bestselling crime author Val McDermid guides readers through this field, drawing on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and her own experiences on the scene.

Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one's time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer; and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide.

Prepare to travel to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites as McDermid comes into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, tracing the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.

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  • Title Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, Dna, and More Tell Us about Crime
  • Author Val McDermid
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press
  • Publication date 2016-04-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780802125156 / 0802125158
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Crime/Criminology
  • Category Legal Reference / Law Profession
  • Library of Congress subjects Evidence, Criminal, Forensic sciences
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.252

About the author

Val McDermid's bestselling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding achievement. The Karen Pirie novels have been adapted into an Edgar Award-nominated ITV/BritBox show. She is also a five-time finalist for the Edgar Award, including Fact Crime nominee Forensics and most recently the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Past Lying. She lives in Scotland.

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