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Ebook: Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers
Author: D. P. Lyle M.D.
- Tags: Language Arts, Medical, True Crime, Nonfiction, LAN002000, MED030000, TRU002000
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- epub
How long can someone survive in a cold, damp cave without food or water? How was diphtheria treated in 1886? Can Botox kill? Can DNA be found on a knife years later? How are mummified corpses identified? How long does it take blood to clot when spilled on a tile floor? What happens in death from electrocution?
As a consultant to many novelists around the world and to the writers of such popular TV shows as Monk, Law & Order, House, and CSI: Miami, D. P. Lyle, M.D., has answered many cool, clever, and oddball questions over the years. Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers is a collection of the best of these questions. The answers are provided in a concise and entertaining fashion that will keep you wide awake so you can read "just one more."