NATURAL HISTORY OF CRIME: Case Studies In Death

The UK's No.1 Forensic Ecologist looks at her most high-profile and interesting cases. 'I love puzzles, and finding answers is the only truly enjoyable part of what I do.' Professor Patricia Wiltshire is a forensic ecologist, her days spent at crime scenes collecting samples, standing over dead bodies in a mortuary, or looking down her microscope for evidence. Her job is to make sense of nature when we need it most. Working at the interface of where the criminal and natural world interact, Patricia has been involved in some of the most high-profile murder cases. Not only does she help the police solve crimes and give answers to the most amusing circumstances, she can help to exonerate the innocent and enable confessions from the guilty. How do you find justice for a mother who has lost her daughter in the most horrific of circumstances? How do you face the weight of responsibility to the victims and those they leave behind? Now, through a study of her most infamous, and fascinating cases - including the murder of Sarah Payne, and the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - Patricia will show us how she finds the answers to some of the worst crimes imaginable. Chapters include Stabbed or Not Stabbed?, Where's My Baby?, Snatched, Blood Brains and Time, Fire in the Ferns, When Misunderstandings Lead to Disaster and Are Experts Always Right? among them. 326 page large softback.