- Title:
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Written on the Skin: An Australian Forensic Casebook
- Written by:
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Liz Porter
- Read by:
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Elizabeth Kaye
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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12
- Duration:
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14 hours 53 minutes
- Published:
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August 01 2007
- Available Date:
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August 01 2007
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781741636871
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; Medicine; Police Drama & Forensics; True Crime
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Winner Ned Kelly Award / Best True Crime 2007
A fascinating look at the role of forensic investigators.
In a close examination of an assault victim's body, a forensic physician can 'read' the terrible alphabet that fists and weapons have written across it. A crime scene investigator notes the tiny indentations on the fragments of a tin can identified at a bomb site, enabling him to find the can opener that made them - and the bomb-maker who used it. A forensic dentist identifies the thief who dropped some chewing gum, with his teeth marks in it, during a burglary. Liz Porter's riveting casebook shows how forensic investigators - including pathologists, chemists, entomologists, DNA specialists and document examiners - have used their expertise in dozens of fascinating crimes and mysteries.
"Elizabeth Kaye narrates this Australian forensic casebook with vitality and intelligence. As she presents the particulars of selected cases solved by forensics – the 2002 Bali bombing, a fatal hit-and-run in Victoria, the Lindy Chamberlain case – listeners grow to understand that crime technicians don't have the glamour jobs seen on the popular C.S.I. shows that pepper the TV airwaves. Each of the 10 chapters deals with one special area used to solve cases, including 'Reading the Blood', 'Reading the Bones', and 'Reading the Crime Scene'. Porter's writing style mixes science with storytelling, and Kaye's reading is as exciting as the scientific study of decomposition can be, taking listeners through labor-intensive tests of bugs, bones, blood, and DNA. Well-organized research and a solid reading make this gripping listening."
AudioFile Magazine