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 use a corpse, the scene of a crime or a single hair to unlock the secrets of the past and ensure justice is done.
Every bit as compelling as the best of the fictional genre.
‘Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime’ draws on interviews with top experts in the field to delve (in McDermid’s inimitable style) into the questions and mysteries surrounding the science that transformed the justice system: from how evidence is collected at a brutal crime scene to what happens during an autopsy. The book examines the techniques – from blood spatter and DNA analysis to entomology and digital evidence – that experts use to solve crimes.
McDermid revisits famous murder cases and investigations into the living to lay bare the secrets of forensics: from the courts of 17th-century Europe through Jack the Ripper and Victorian poisoners to the cutting-edge science of today.
- Date published
- Format
- Paperback
- Extent
- 320pp
- ISBN
- 9781781251706
About the author
Val McDermid
Val McDermid, the “queen of crime”, has published 27 crime novels, which have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, been translated into 40 languages and won multiple awards. Her series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill was the basis for the TV series ‘Wire in the Blood’ for ITV.