The Father of Forensics

The Father of Forensics, by Colin Evans, is sub-titled 'How Sir Bernard Spilsbury Invented Modern CSI' and at once it is evident that, although Spilsbury has his detractors, Evans is certainly not among them. This is a positive, but I think reasonably balanced, account of the work of the legendary pathologist, and there is certainly room for more than one way of judging the achievements of this flawed, but remarkable, human being.

I became interested in Spilsbury's work mainly as a result of h...