The Giant Book Of Murder : Real Life Cases Cracked By Forensic Science

(From Inside Flap)In 1752, a young woman named Mary Blandy put a mysterious white powder in her father's food. At her trial for the murder of the old man, a doctor gave astonishing that he believed this powder was arsenic poison - and he had performed experiments to prove it. As Mary walked up the steps to the gallows, a new science was the science of forensic detection.Gathered here are extraordinary cases from history and the present day, from the first use of fingerprints in a murder trial to the recent advances in genetics. Journalist and author Roger Wilkes gives a fascinating overview of famous cases covered by some of the best crime writers in history.