12 Best science books like Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide by Jim Fraser

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Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

By: Jim Fraser

3.37

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'Jim Fraser has been at the forefront of forensic science in the UK for decades... A superb story o…

If you liked the science plot in Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide by Jim Fraser , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3) by Harlan Coben

1. Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)

By: Harlan Coben

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating … read more

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  • crime
"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell." Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

-Harlan Coben, Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)

"He truly believed that no one could love him, and no matter who you are, that hurts. It made you insecure. It made you want to hide and build fences"

-Harlan Coben, Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)

"Diamonte shook his head again. He reached down and put his hand on his right boot. Myron had seen him do this before. He liked to sort of pet the boot. Myron had no idea why. Maybe he found the feel …"

-Harlan Coben, Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)

2. Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

By: Val McDermid

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of r… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

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3. Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against… read more

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"My name is Morgan. And there aren't enough words for all that I am."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

"Do not apologize, Lady Morgan. Your decorum leaves a little to be desired, but never have I been able to fault your work. Never apologize for seeking further wisdom, or for being remarkable."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

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4. The Dream Home

By: T.M. Logan

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

IF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FR… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's The Dream Home book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
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5. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
Cover of Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson

6. Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.14

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from our favourite wellie-wearing w… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • nonfiction
Cover of A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

7. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

Similar categories in Neil Bradbury's A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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8. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

By: Ray Fysh

4.34

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author The murder of Sarah Payne, Ad… read more

Similar categories in Ray Fysh's Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
Cover of In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) by Jo  Callaghan

9. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
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10. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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11. The Wrong Sister

By: Claire Douglas

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more d… read more

Similar categories in Claire Douglas's The Wrong Sister book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
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12. All That Remains: A Life in Death

By: Sue Black

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses… read more

Similar categories in Sue Black's All That Remains: A Life in Death book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
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13. On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back

By: Stacey Dooley

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Stacey Dooley is one of Britain's most loved documentary presenters and campaigners. In 2007, Stace… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Dooley's On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • nonfiction
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14. Just Got Real

By: Jane Fallon

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

THE HILARIOUS AND RAZOR-SHARP NEW NOVEL FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING QUEEN OF REVENGE COMEDY'G… read more

Similar categories in Jane Fallon's Just Got Real book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

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15. Brutally Honest

By: Melanie Brown

4.06

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl – and the truth behind the headlines   … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Brown's Brutally Honest book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead

16. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Adshead's The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
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17. The Seven Ages of Death

By: Richard Shepherd

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Conducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine … read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's The Seven Ages of Death book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
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18. Someone in the Attic

By: Andrea Mara

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family wh… read more

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"People trust people with dogs. They do. There’s an inherent belief that dog people are good people."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

"They’re keen to help and intrigued too, she can see, in that way people are when there’s drama but no personal risk."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

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19. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

By: Sue Black

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more

Similar categories in Sue Black's Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"

-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

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20. How to Disappear

By: Gillian McAllister

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

You can run, you can hide, but can you disappear for good? Lauren's daughter Zara witnessed a te… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McAllister's How to Disappear book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
Cover of The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas

21. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

Cover of How to Solve a Crime: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics by Professor Angela Gallop

22. How to Solve a Crime: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics

By: Professor Angela Gallop

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times 'Eye-… read more

Similar categories in Professor Angela Gallop's How to Solve a Crime: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
Cover of When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth by Angela Gallop

23. When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth

By: Angela Gallop

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific evidence. With ever-more sophisti… read more

Similar categories in Angela Gallop's When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
Cover of The Real Silent Witnesses: Shocking cases from the World of Forensic Science by Wensley Clarkson

24. The Real Silent Witnesses: Shocking cases from the World of Forensic Science

By: Wensley Clarkson

3.71

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESSGoing beyond the popular TV show, this i… read more

Similar categories in Wensley Clarkson's The Real Silent Witnesses: Shocking cases from the World of Forensic Science book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
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25. The Boy in the Cellar

By: Stephen Smith

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist.Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Smith's The Boy in the Cellar book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. The Secret Prison Governor

By: Anonymous

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor (warden) … read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's The Secret Prison Governor book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide by Jim Fraser

27. Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

By: Jim Fraser

3.37

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'Jim Fraser has been at the forefront of forensic science in the UK for decades... A superb story o… read more

Similar categories in Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • science
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28. A Manual for Being Human

By: Sophie Mort

4.09

Format: 320 pages, ebook

‘There is a damn good reason why people are struggling. We are not raised to understand ourselves. … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Mort's A Manual for Being Human book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • nonfiction
  • science
"Jesteś teraz dorosły. To bardzo ważne, by pamiętać, że niezależnie od tego, co przytrafiło nam się w dzieciństwie, to my decydujemy, jak będzie wyglądała nasza przyszłość. Mimo że zdarzenia z tamtego…"

-Sophie Mort, A Manual for Being Human

Cover of Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8) by Steve Cavanagh

29. Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessab… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8) book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
Cover of My Brother the Killer: How a Boy Became a Murderer by Alix Sharkey

30. My Brother the Killer: How a Boy Became a Murderer

By: Alix Sharkey

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journ… read more

Similar categories in Alix Sharkey's My Brother the Killer: How a Boy Became a Murderer book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes by Nicola Stow

31. The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes

By: Nicola Stow

3.70

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story behind real-life clubs of ordinary citizens who come together to solve true crime mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Stow's The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes book and Jim Fraser's Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

20 best-selling nonfiction books like Murder Under the Microscope: A Personal History of Homicide by Jim Fraser

Transform Your Habits

Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly

Jeremy Clarkson

4.14

Transform Your Habits

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Richard Shepherd

4.33

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22 Top audiobook books like When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth by Angela Gallop

Transform Your Habits

Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

Brian Masters

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

Peter Everett

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

4.34

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