Cold Case Files Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science |
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Author:
| Porter, Liz |
Foreword by:
| Barclay, Dave |
ISBN: | 978-1-74261-009-2 |
Publication Date: | May 2011 |
Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
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Imprint: | Macmillan |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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Cold case investigators scrape back paint in a renovated flat where a murder was committed twelve years earlier, and find a blood stain that leads them to a killer. Scientists extract DNA from crime-scene samples collected in 1973, and a 21st-century hunt for a triple murderer begins. A forensic dentist probes the mysterious death of an ancient Egyptian mummy. A long-forgotten palm print leads detectives to the real perpetrator of a murder for which an innocent man has already served...
More DescriptionCold case investigators scrape back paint in a renovated flat where a murder was committed twelve years earlier, and find a blood stain that leads them to a killer. Scientists extract DNA from crime-scene samples collected in 1973, and a 21st-century hunt for a triple murderer begins. A forensic dentist probes the mysterious death of an ancient Egyptian mummy. A long-forgotten palm print leads detectives to the real perpetrator of a murder for which an innocent man has already served 12 years' jail.In this collection of fascinating cold cases from Australia, the UK and the US, award-winning writer Liz Porter shows how modern forensic science can unlock solutions for crimes and mysteries unsolved for decades, and, in some cases, centuries.Praise for Liz Porter:"...each of her stories reads like good crime fiction... a compulsive read" (The Sydney Morning Herald) "A delightful and entertaining writer..." (Weekend Australian)