Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers by Michael Baden. Paperback

Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers by Michael M.D. Baden and Marion Roach • Paperback • Simon & Schuster • 288 Pages Condition: Excellent Plus ———————————————- For most people, the forensic sciences are something reported on the news when a crime is solved through DNA evidence, or used as a plot twist for television shows. But behind the crime-scene tape and the doors of the morgue is a world never seen by the public. Now famed pathologist and medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden take readers into the laboratory, above the autopsy table, onto the witness stand and out in the field to show how advances in forensic science can solve crucial questions in a criminal case, often with startling accuracy. Full of behind-the-scenes drama and surprising revelations, Dead Reckoning is a fascinating look at how forensic science is changing the way we convict the guilty and free the innocent. —————————————————————————— REVIEWS " Yuck! Gross! But, gee whiz! Michael Baden can make dead bodies say more than most talk-show guests. "Dead Reckoning" is a completely fascinating study of modern pathology, and Baden-on-autopsies never fails to astonish, educate, and (I swear) entertain.” — Jeffrey Toobin