What the Corpse Revealed: Murder and the Science of Forensic Detection - Hardcover

Miller, Hugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312205465 ISBN 13: 9780312205461

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1999

Synopsis

An expert in forensic medicine presents sixteen cases drawn from scientific files all around the world to show how technology and forensic science combine to find the answers to many crimes that seem unsolvable.

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From the Publisher:

In vivid detail, What the Corpse Revealed demonstrates the techniques used to solve sixteen real-life cases drawn from the files of forensic scientists all over the world.

-In a room with no windows, the door locked from the inside, a business tycoon and his wife are found shot to death. No trace of the bullets can be found. The murderer is playing games with the police, but can a smart young forensic scientist outwit him?

-A little boy disappears from a playground while his father reads a newspaper nearby. Police are baffled by the disappearance, until the forensic team sweeps the boy's home and finds evidence that will uncover a hideous and almost unbelievable crime.

-A retired TV star receives a series of poisoned pen letters in his luxurious Bel Air mansion. Mysterious attempts on his life follow. Forensic scientists match the fingerprints on the letters to those of his brother. Yet his brother died in a house fire more than ten years ago....

About the Author:

Hugh Miller is the author of many nonfiction books and several successful novels, including his highly acclaimed series featuring Detective Mike Fletcher. He has written extensively for television and is an acknowledged expert on forensic medicine. He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312205465
• ISBN 13: 9780312205461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242