by Sarah Barron, Val McDermid
I have so many thoughts about this book and they're scattered all over the joint. It occurred to me as I finally finished reading it that we sometimes come at books in much the same way faulty investigators come at a crime scene: we take in the initial information (in our case, the title, cover ...
I had long rants going through my head on pretty much every page of this book while I was reading, but bottom line, it just doesn't deserve the attention of my detailing them. I like McDermid's crime fiction (most of it, anyway) and I'd very much wish she'd stick to that in the future. There is en...
TITLE: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime AUTHOR: Val McDermid DATE PUBLISHED: 2014 FORMAT: e-book ISBN-13: 978 184765 9903 _________________________ Forensics by Val McDermid takes a look at the variety of techniques and tools (forensic science) used by criminal investigators to solve a v...
It doesn't do what it says on the tin. The subtitle is "What bugs, burns, prints, DNA, and more tell us about crime" but it's actually more of a history of forensics. Unfortunately, it's a history of forensics that mostly tells of past cases in a disconnected fashion while occasionally dwelling far ...
If we presented Michael Faraday or Paracelsus with the scientific evidence our courts now take for granted, it would seem like magic to those most rigorous of researchers. And the advance of science has run hand in hand with corresponding advances in the delivery of justice. As much as I like McDer...
This is essentially the same book as Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by the same author, and one I couldn't finish because it was a disjointed, convoluted mess. I'm happy to say that The Anatomy Of A Crime is edited to be much more readable. I particularly enj...
Only got about halfway through this one. I've read a lot of the information elsewhere, and this book was poorly organized and rushed through the information and cases. There are plenty of other books on forensics that are a lot better, many of which are named in the book as sources. I would reco...
listened to this on playaway, couldn't resist it once I had catalogued it. fascinating stuff on the history and current state of forensics, some gruesome details, the squeamish might want to avoid eating while listening in parts.
Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime by Val McDermid When I saw a book on forensics written by Val McDermid on Netgalley, I knew I had to get my hands on it. Given the talent for viscerally creepy psychological thrillers that McDermid has displayed in her Tony Hill novels, I was excited to see what she...
bookshelves: autumn-2014, nonfiction, published-2014, true-grime, sciences, research Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 08 to 17, 2014 BOTWhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrh0sDescription: The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where the...
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