The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science

Douglas Starr

300 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark reflective fast-paced
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A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics.At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, known and feared as “The Killer of Little Shepherds,” terrorized the French countryside. He eluded...

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dark 92%
informative 92%
mysterious 30%
tense 23%
adventurous 7%
reflective 7%
sad 7%

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slow 7%

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