Discussion: ARCHIVED: Forensics: Preface and chapters 1-4 • The Flat Book Society • BookLikes

#33 by: Tannat date: 7 years ago discussions stats

I just skimmed over the jacket flap, and found this sentence at the end: "In the course of researching her bestselling books, McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science and the people who make sure that for murderers, there is no hiding place."

So it is a history book more than a science one.

#34 by: Elentarri's Book Blog date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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Seems like it. They should have put that on the cover!

#35 by: BrokenTune date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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I read it as a history book, but even as a history book it didn't deliver.

#36 by: Themis-Athena's Garden of Books date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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Indeed. We still wouldn't have a correct idea of what this is supposed to be (e.g., the chapters on arson and insects have decidedly less of a "history of forensics" touch than some of the others), but at least we wouldn't be surprised about the fact that there is so much historical exposition.

#37 by: Tannat date: 7 years ago discussions stats

I'd say it was a little too scattered to deliver as a history book for me too.