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Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery
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Silent Witnesses

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Narrator William Gaminara

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Length 7 hours 28 minutes
Language English
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A crime scene. A murder. A mystery.

The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us.

Silent Witnesses looks at the history of forensic science over the last two centuries, during which time a combination of remarkable intuition, painstaking observation and leaps in scientific knowledge have developed this fascinating branch of detection. Throwing open the casebook, it introduces us to such luminaries as 'The Wizard of Berkeley' Edward Heinrich, who is credited with having solved over 2000 crimes, and Alphonse Bertillon, the French scientist whose guiding principle 'no two individuals share the same characteristics' became the core of identification. Along the way, it takes us to India and Australia, Columbia and China, Russia, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. And it proves that, in order to solve ever more complicated cases, science must always stay one step ahead of the killer.

Nigel McCrery was a police officer with a particular interest in forensic science before he joined the BBC in 1990. After working on a number of BBC documentaries, including All The King's Men, he joined the BBC drama department, becoming the researcher on the award-winning Our Friends in the North. He then went on to create various series, including Silent Witness (1995), Born and Bred (2002) and New Tricks (2005). He has also written several crime novels, as well as books on the SAS and a history of the Victoria Cross.

Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
William Gaminara

ISBN:
9781473500709

Length:
7 hours 28 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Random House

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Edition:
Unabridged

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It is a fascinating story, and makes for a thoroughly good read. A convincing and readable history of a science defined by the simple maxim: 'Every contact leaves a trace.' A real-life whodunnit. A truly gripping story. Expand reviews
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