num_pages: 432
description: Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novelsAgatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time and nearly every story she ever wrote involves oneor more commonly severaldead 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 20th-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 todaymost of her work predates the modern developments of forensics sciencebut 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.
language: English
title: The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
publisher: Sourcebooks