18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
By: Bruce Goldfarb
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. As the…
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1. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
By: Judy Melinek , T.J. Mitchell
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's rookie season as a NYC medical examiner, and … read more
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2. Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem & Mourning Photography from the Thanatos Archive
By: Bess Lovejoy , None , None , None , None , None , None , None
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive is a compilati… read more
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3. The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death
By: John Bateson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Dr. Judy Melinek's Working Stiff, an account of the hair-raising and heartbreaking c… read more
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4. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
5. American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. Berkeley, California, 193… read more
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6. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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7. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
8. 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
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9. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
By: Bruce Goldfarb
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. As the… read more
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10. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
By: Edward Humes
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more
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11. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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12. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
By: Susan Jonusas
3.45
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more
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13. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
14. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
15. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
By: Dean Jobb
3.62
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more
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16. Death in the Details
By: Katie Tietjen
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the real life Frances Lee Glessner and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid sleuth in post-… read more
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17. Jenny James Is Not a Disaster
By: Debbie Johnson
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Sometimes it takes life falling apart . . . to piece yourself back together. Single mum Jenny is o… read more
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18. Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
By: Christy Mandin
4.46
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story about finding joy in … read more
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19. The Natural History of Crime
By: Patricia Wiltshire
3.44
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
AS SEEN IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE UK'S NO.1 FORENSIC ECOLOGIST LOOKS AT HER MOST HIGH-PROFILE AND IN… read more
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20. Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America
By: James Polchin
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Edgar Award finalist James Polchin comes a thrilling examination of the murder that captivated… read more
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21. Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It
By: Adia Harvey Wingfield
3.75
Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition
NEXT IDEA BOOK CLUB MUST READ • LIBRARY JOURNAL EDITOR PICK • "This vital and accessible study is a… read more
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