The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes
Anyone can summarize a collection of cases, but not everyone can make them  read well.  With a flair for compressed narrative worthy of a good short story writer,  Colin Evans entertains and instructs the reader with 100 cases that exemplify the use of   15 different forensic techniques (ballistics, fingerprinting).  Some (like the Lindbergh  case) are  famous, others are barely known, yet each has some unique twist that sets it  apart.  Many "firsts" are included,  such as the first murder conviction  without a body, the first  use of psychological profiling, and the first use of DNA typing.  Evans also brings out the distinct (often flamboyant) personalities of the pioneering  experts of forensics and some of their more notable courtroom theatrics.  Each case is  labeled by name of criminal, forensic technique, date, location, and significant feature(s),  making this a useful reference as well as a fun book to read.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.