Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers

by D.P. Lyle

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312365519
• ISBN13: 9780312365516
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.5"