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4) Forensics
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the investigation by scientists and detectives of deaths that occur under mysterious circumstances, including how forensic science developed and how technology is transforming the field.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Deadhart, Alaska. Population: 673. Living. In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven't seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order know that when it comes to "getting the bad guy" behind bars, your best chance of success boils down to the strength of your evidence-and the forensic science used to obtain it. Beyond the silver screen, forensic science has been used for decades to help solve even the most tough-to-crack cases. In 2018, the accused Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was finally apprehended...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling, novelistic work of journalism that uncovers the remarkable and hidden story of Marty Goddard, the woman who invented the rape kit, changed the course of how we treat sexual assault forever, and then vanished from the record. The idea came to Marty Goddard in 1971. She was working at a crisis hotline, haunted by the stories of survivors and plagued by two principle questions: Why were so many predators getting away with crimes? And, how...
13) At risk
Author
Series
Win Garano novels volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto's trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity. From flying early aircraft to infiltrating nudist communities, consulting with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to helping a young Winston Churchill, Murdoch has always been a man ahead of his time. He also confronts legal and social challenges to be with his love, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist Dr. Julia Ogden.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, with its constant influx of visitors, criminals are provided with ripe targets of all varieties. Luckily for the victims, the Las Vegas Police Department's night shift Crime Scene Investigations unit is led by Gil Grissom. With almost obsessive dedication towards his quest for the facts, he and his elite team of criminalists work various perplexing cases using scientific skills and equipment that are capable of finding...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery, only the obsessive spirit of youth can save a sleepy town from the savagery within. Fourteen-year-old Ava Bonney is unlike other children. She has an obsessive interest in the rate at which dead animals decompose. The motorway she lives by regularly offers up roadkill, and in the dead of night, Ava likes nothing more than to pull her latest discovery...
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