03143cam a2200349 4500 243648046 TxAuBib 20150822120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802191052 0802191053 B00PSSG3UK Amazon 754f3879-f10b-41bd-bbf9-5bfb62d55448 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2157414 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McDermid, Val. Forensics [Bridges eBook] : What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2015. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science, real-world murders and the people who must solve them.<br /> <br /> The dead talk—to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. 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. <i>Forensics</i> draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and McDermid's own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists.<br /> 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. It's a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.</p>. True Crime. Nonfiction. Medical. Science. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-10-06 20:00:03. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=754f3879-f10b-41bd-bbf9-5bfb62d55448 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=754f3879-f10b-41bd-bbf9-5bfb62d55448&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=754f3879-f10b-41bd-bbf9-5bfb62d55448&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=754f3879-f10b-41bd-bbf9-5bfb62d55448&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)