The Father of Forensics: How Sir Bernard Spilsbury Invented Modern CSI
UK £8.99,
UK Publication February 2005
ISBN 9781848310438
Paperback
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In the vein of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Colin Evans' book brilliantly explores how Sir Bernard Spilsbury, a superstar detective in 1920s Britain, solved a catalogue of gruesome, unexplained murders.
He was once one of the most famous people in Britain, and, through his use of cutting-edge science, Bernard Spilsbury single-handedly brought criminal investigations into the modern age.
Starting out as a charismatic physician in the early 20th century, Spilsbury shook up the English justice system and hit the headlines, garnering a reputation as a real-life Sherlock Holmes. He uncovered evidence others missed, stood above his peers in the field of crime reconstruction, exposed discrepancies between witness testimony and factual evidence, and most importantly, convicted dozens of murderers with hard-nosed, scientific proof. Killers who would have escaped punishment pre-Spilsbury began to drop through the hangman's trap-door.
This is the fascinating story of the life and work of Bernard Spilsbury, history's greatest medical detective, and of the cases that not only made him a celebrity, but also inspired the astonishing science of criminal investigation in our own time.
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Colin Evans is a veteran writer specialising in forensics. His books include The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes, and A Question of Evidence: The Casebook of Great Forensic Controversies from Napoleon to O.J. He lives in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
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