Crime & Detection

Here is a new and exciting guide to the fascinating world of crime and detection. From John Dillinger's death mask to a scene-of-crime forensics kit, superb color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of famous crimes and the evidence that has brought criminals to justice. See evidence of one of the first known strangulations * Lord Lucan's traveling chest * a Canadian Mountie's uniform * the bulletproof jackets of Bonnie and Clyde * the difference between Hitler's real diary and the fake one Learn how to detect the presence of arsenic in the blood * about the magnetic fingerprint brush * how a face can be reconstructed from a skull * the difference between a strand of cotton and a strand of polyester Discover how to track ransom money and find a kidnapper * a violin case used to conceal a gun * the bank clerks who thought they were being given medicine when really they were being robbed and much, much more.Lane, Brian is the author of 'Crime & Detection' with ISBN 9780789458827 and ISBN 0789458829.