Items related to Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime (Wellcome Collection)

Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime (Wellcome Collection) - Hardcover

 
9781781253199: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime (Wellcome Collection)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces.

Forensics uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine, drawing on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the secrets of this fascinating science. And, along the way, she wonders at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine 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 uncovered the victims of a genocide.

In her crime novels, Val McDermid has been solving complex crimes and confronting unimaginable evil for years. Now, she's looking at the people who do it for real, and real crime scenes. It's a journey that will take her to war zones, fire scenes and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.

Published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection.
WELLCOME COLLECTION is the free museum and library for the incurably curious. It explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future. It is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas thrive.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

Praise for Val McDermid:

'McDermid has the ruthless psychological scalpel that forms part of the equipment of all good novelists, whatever their genre. And, fortunately for us, she knows just how to use it.

(Guardian)

The sheer brio of McDermid's writing produces that increasingly rare thing, a genuine page-turner that doesn't insult its readers' intelligence. (Independent)

To write one brilliant book is hard. To write 25 is a miracle. That is what Val McDermid has achieved over the course of her career and it's why she is a much-loved legend in the literary world. (Sunday Express)

McDermid has not lost her early journalistic genius for telling a good story plainly (Ian Finlayson Times 2014-10-04)

... the science of forensics has come a long way, as Val McDermid relates in this fascinating study. McDermid, best known for her gritty psychological thrillers, has interviewed a wide range (a morgue? a graveyard?) of forensic scientists and has revisited some of the most gruesome true life mysteries to piece together a gripping history of the anatomy of crime. Each of the chapters - which examine themes such as fire scene investigation, toxicology, fingerprinting, DNA and blood splatter and facial reconstruction - contains a wealth of surprising information (Andrew Wilson Independent 2014-10-02)

... she dissects the history of forensics through gripping stories of real-life crime. (New Statesman 2014-10-10)

Fascinating history of forensic science .... McDermid provides a grimly absorbing account of crime and it's detection (Ian Thompson Observer 2014-09-26)

Every bit as compelling as the best of the fictional genre. (Irish Times 2015-02-14)
Book Description:
Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic medicine, from the crime scene to the courtroom.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherProfile Books Ltd
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 1781253196
  • ISBN 13 9781781253199
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages310
  • Rating

Shipping: £ 11.80
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780802125156: Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, Dna, and More Tell Us about Crime

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780802125156
Publisher: Black Cat, 2016
Softcover

  • 9781781251706: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime

    Profil..., 2015
    Softcover

  • 9780802123916: Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us about Crime

    Black Cat, 2015
    Hardcover

  • 9781781254943: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime (Wellcome)

    Wellco..., 2014
    Hardcover

  • 9781781251690: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime (Wellcome)

    Profil..., 2014
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

McDermid, Val
Published by Wellcome Collection, London (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Amazing Book Company
(Liphook, United Kingdom)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with white titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In the course of researching her best-selling books, McDermid has become familiar with many branches 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. 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. Now available in paperback, Forensics goes behind the scenes with some of these top-level professionals and their groundbreaking research, drawing on original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists. Along the way, we discover how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine 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. The journey takes us to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, reveals both extraordinary bravery and true wickedness, as we trace the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day. Ref A4 6. Seller Inventory # 033338

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 15
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 11.80
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Val McDermid
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think1781253196

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 56.94
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Val McDermid
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1781253196

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 57.21
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Val McDermid
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1781253196

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 57.64
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Val McDermid
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Grumpys Fine Books
(Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean1781253196

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 57.17
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

MCDERMID,VAL
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Revaluation Books
(Exeter, United Kingdom)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.45x6.38x1.22 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1781253196

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 51.48
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 10
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime Val McDermid;
Published by Profile Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1781253196 ISBN 13: 9781781253199
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Aragon Books Canada
(OTTAWA, ON, Canada)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # QCAW--0013

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 50.59
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 18.22
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds