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Forensics : The Anatomy of Crime by Val McDermid is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Forensics : The Anatomy of Crime about?

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 unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces.Forensics uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine, drawing on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the secrets of this fascinating science. And, along the way, she wonders at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine 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 uncovered the victims of a genocide.In her crime novels, Val McDermid has been solving complex crimes and confronting unimaginable evil for years. Now, she's looking at the people who do it for real, and real crime scenes. It's a journey that will take her to war zones, fire scenes and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces

Who reads Forensics : The Anatomy of Crime?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Val McDermid
Publisher
HarperCollins/Hachette UK
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780802191052
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Social Science, Science
Rating
4.02 / 5 (247 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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