American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi by Kate Winkler Dawson

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi

Kate Winkler Dawson

336 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science true crime informative medium-paced
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From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air (Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.Berkeley, California,...

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