Cover of The poisoner's handbook

The poisoner's handbook

murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age New York

by Deborah Blum

2010 319 pages eng ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)

The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Ge…

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