Silent Witnesses by Nigel Mccrery

Silent Witnesses by Nigel Mccrery

Crime novelist and former police officer Nigel McCrery provides an account of all the major areas of forensic science from around the world over the past two centuries. The book weaves dramatic narrative and scientific principles together in a way that allows readers to figure out crimes along with the experts. Readers are introduced to such fascinating figures as Dr. Edmond Locard, the French Sherlock Holmes; Edward Heinrich, Wizard of Berkeley, who is credited with having solved more than 2,000 crimes; and Alphonse Bertillon, the French scientist whose guiding principle, no two individuals share the same characteristics, became the core of criminal identification. Landmark crime investigations examined in depth include a notorious murder involving blood evidence and defended by F. Lee Bailey, the seminal 1936 murder that demonstrated the usefulness of the microscope in examining trace evidence, the 1849 murder of a wealthy Boston businessman that demonstrated how difficult it is to successfully dispose of a corpse, and many others.

Nigel McCrery was born in 1953 and spent his youth traveling much because his father was a member of the Royal Air Force. They made their home in Nottingham, and he worked for the Nottinghamshire Constabulary from 1978 to 1987. He went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, to study history before enrolling in the BBC graduate entry course. Silent Witness, New Tricks, and All The King's Men are just a few of the hugely popular BBC shows and films he has authored or co-written. He is the author of more than a dozen novels. Nigel resides in Nottingham and is the author of Into Touch - Rugby Players Killed in the Great War, Last Wicket - Cricketers Killed in the Great War, The Approaching Storm - Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two, and The Extinguished Flame - Olympians Killed in the Great War.