Forensics
The Anatomy of Crime
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Val McDermid
About this listen
The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: how they lived, how they died--and who killed them.
Val McDermid uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine with groundbreaking research and her own experience. Along the way you’ll wonder at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine time of death and how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-05-24
Fascinating
This was really interesting and I learnt loads about forensic evidence. Don’t let the reviews about the accents put you off. The narrator is Scottish and occasionally she’ll do an accent i.e. northerner, Londoner, etc.
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- HB
- 28-01-17
Excellent
A comprehensive and interesting exploration of the development of several forensic science disciplines, well narrated by the author
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- Shaun
- 22-11-20
Forensics
an enjoyable insight into many different areas of forensics. Only downside for me is that I had heard many of the stories previously in other books / podcasts etc. well worth a listen.
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- Tim
- 30-04-21
forensics of a crim
what an interesting book. covering all aspect of how things are put together. Well worth the investment.
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- Eddy A.
- 28-11-24
An interesting book on a fascinating subject.
This book reveals how forensic science helped to solve many infamous crimes in an interesting and easy to follow way.
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- Karen
- 08-01-21
Narration no problem
I found the narration to be very good, unlike some other reviewers. It certainly didn’t detract from an interesting and detailed book.
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- Mrs P. Clarke
- 14-08-24
A beautifully narrated and engaging listen.
Having heard any number of narrators mangle accents, I was astonished to hear this lovely Scottish narrator carry off Manchester, Yorkshire and American beautifully!
This prevented me being pulled out of the narrative and allowed me to really hear the different experts 'speak'.
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- Ian Smith
- 17-02-21
Informative and interesting
I thoroughly enjoyed this very informative and interesting book, which covers the major aspects of the application of modern forensic science to find evidence and help to investigate crime. There are relevant historical "digressions" which discuss the origins of eg fingerprinting and DNA analysis.
The narrator, who has a nice Scottish accent, read at a comfortable pace and when quoting from interviews, used plausible "voices". My only gripe was the occasional slightly-too-long pause between paragraphs, something which could easily have been fixed during editing.
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- Mr Daniel K Russell
- 14-06-21
Unmissable...
First class. Interesting from the first word. The narration is excellent. I have seen complaints about the accents but I found them to be a useful addition to the narration which was excellent throughout.
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- RebeccaCoendoz
- 11-09-21
Fascinating and exciting
As a budding forensic scientist, this is one of the many books I read (listened to) on the subject.
This is a fantastic overview of various disciplines, the history of forensic science, methods and improvements to the science used to solve crime and prosecute criminals.
Highly recommend.
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