Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Penguin
February 2011
On Sale: January 25, 2011
336 pages ISBN: 014311882X EAN: 9780143118824 Kindle: B004P1JDM6 Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and
science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a
vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond
Chandler than Madame Curie" (The New York
Observer)
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of
chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The
Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a
forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons
offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no
place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and
corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of
chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison
game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander
Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their
trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over
seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic
chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.
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