The Science of Murder
The Forensics of Agatha Christie
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Carla Valentine
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Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels
Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one—or, more commonly, several—dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind violent crimes, the clues that inevitably are left behind, and the people who put the pieces together to solve the mystery invite the reader to analyze the evidence and race to find the answer before the detective does. Nearly every step of the way, Christie outlines the nuts and bolts of early twentieth-century crime detection, relying on physical evidence to tell the real story behind the facades humans erect to escape detection.
Christie wouldn't have talked of "forensics" as it is understood today—most of her work predates the modern developments of forensics science—but in each tale she harnesses the power of human observation, ingenuity, and scientific developments of the era. A fascinating, science-based deep dive, The Science of Murder examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, blood spatter analysis, toxicology, and more in Christie's beloved works.
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- Christine
- 12-18-22
Great book for all mystery lovers
Although the book focuses on Agatha Christie’s fiction, any reader of mysteries (and anyone with an interest in forensics) will enjoy this book. Besides the stories, the author also discusses true crimes as they pertain to both forensics and/or to Christie and her writing. The performance was wonderful.
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- reviewerz
- 10-28-24
Highly recommended
Thoughtful, informative, engaging. Written by a woman who is well versed on the subject. I will listen to this book again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-23-22
Book = fabulous, narration = singsong-y
Loved the book, found it difficult to listen to as the narrator's voice has a singsong lilt to it that is very distracting.
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- kay klemens
- 02-25-23
the science of murder
this book was very intreaging about science information of how we learn about murder,all content was well put together an very interesting in learning about murders , plots, an devious ways to destroy human life. i enjoyed learning the skills an tech it takes to get the end results. good audible
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