Description
Cold case investigators scrape back paint in a renovated flat where a murder was committed twelve years earlier, and find a blood stain that leads them to a killer. Scientists extract DNA from crime-scene samples collected in 1973, and a 21st-century hunt for a triple murderer begins. A forensic dentist probes the mysterious death of an ancient Egyptian mummy. A long-forgotten palm print leads detectives to the real perpetrator of a murder for which an innocent man has already served 12 years’ jail.
In this collection of fascinating cold cases from Australia, the UK and the US, award-winning writer Liz Porter shows how modern forensic science can unlock solutions for crimes and mysteries unsolved for decades, and, in some cases, centuries.
Praise for Liz Porter:
“…each of her stories reads like good crime fiction… a compulsive read” – The Sydney Morning Herald
“A delightful and entertaining writer…” – Weekend Australian
Winner of Davitt Award for Best True Crime 2011
Author Information
Liz Porter is a journalist who began her career in Hong Kong and then worked in Sydney, London and Stuttgart before returning to her home town of Melbourne, where she is a regular contributor to The Age and The Sunday Age. She has won awards for her writing on legal issues and has published a novel. Her book Written on the Skin was joint winner of the 2007 Ned Kelly award for best true crime book. Liz is an enthusiastic ocean swimmer and chorister and also a hopelessly devoted fan of the St Kilda Football Club.
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