Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers
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	Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers
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Book Description

<div><div>How long can someone survive in a cold, damp cave without food or water? How was diphtheria treated in 1886? Can Botox kill? Can DNA be found on a knife years later? How are mummified corpses identified? How long does it take blood to clot when spilled on a tile floor? What happens in death from electrocution?
 
As a consultant to many novelists around the world and to the writers of such popular TV shows as <i>Monk, Law & Order, House, </i>and <i>CSI: Miami,</i> D. P. Lyle, M.D., has answered many cool, clever, and oddball questions over the years. <i>Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers </i>is a collection of the best of these questions. The answers are provided in a concise and entertaining fashion that will keep you wide awake so you can read “just one more.”<i></i>