- History, Poisoning, Forensic science, Forensic toxicology
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Deborah Blum
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 328
- Publisher
- Penguin, Penguin Press, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781594202438
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