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Oh, I really wanted to read this but it seems there is no e-book available. I should have been check this earlier.
Reija, I have the exact same problem! :(
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I just reserved it from my library. I am excited to read it.
I got it from my library as a kindle e-book. Haven't started it yet though.
Really Janina? I can't find a kindle version on amazon... That's weird!
Savanes wrote: "Really Janina? I can't find a kindle version on amazon... That's weird!"Hi. I'm not sure why you can't find a Kindle version. I clicked on the link to the book above, then clicked on "Amazon" when the book description appeared. The Kindle version was there.
I have asked for this book for Christmas. So if I get it, I'll read it starting 12/25. If I don't, I'll see about running down a copy.
It looks interesting!
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Probably. I'm in the US and I know some ebooks aren't available in Germany or the other way round. But, it's usually more obscure ones or ones where the book edition isn't available either. That's too bad. I still haven't gotten round to Forensics. Need to read a few more books to finish my challenges first...
I read the first quarter of the book and I liked it quite a bit. Well written. I decided not to read on though as it's just not something I'm all that interested in .. I thought it would be more on the pathology side of things, less the forensic / detective one (kind of silly of me given the title).
Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science, real-world murders and the people who must solve them.
The dead talk—to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. 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. Forensics draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and McDermid’s own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists.
Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one’s 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. It’s a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.