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Forensics

What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us about Crime

Forensics( )
Author: McDermid, Val
ISBN:978-0-8021-2515-6
Publication Date:Apr 2016
Publisher:Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Imprint:Grove Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.00
Book Description:

In the course of researching her best-selling books, McDermid has become familiar with many branches of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science and the people who make sure that for murderers, there is no hiding place. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. Now available in paperback, Forensics goes behind the scenes with some of...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Law / Evidence
Social Science / Criminology
Psychology / Forensic Psychology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.27 x 8.28 x 0.86 Inches
Book Weight:0.66 Pounds
Author Biography
McDermid, Val (Author)
Val McDermid was born in Scotland on June 4, 1955. She was the first student from a state school in Scotland accepted to read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She graduated in 1975 and became a journalist. She wrote her first novel at the age of 21. It didn't get published, but she turned it into a play entitled Like a Happy Ending. It was performed by the Plymouth Theatre Company and was later adapted for BBC radio. Her first book, Report for Murder, was published in 1987. She is the author of the Lindsay Gordon Mystery series, the Kate Brannigan Mystery series, and the Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries series as well as several stand alone books including The Distant Echo, A Darker Domain, Trick of the Dark and Out of Bounds. The Mermaids Singing won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year.

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