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Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Forensic science; the preparation of scientific evidence to be presented in court is an increasingly valuable aspect of the investigation of crime. Although rare commentaries on the subject date back many centuries, it is only over the last 200 years that a systematic approach has been made an approach that has accelerated rapidly in the past half-century. The detection and analysis of poisons was the first forensic technique to be developed in a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a burglar, Luther Whitney, breaks into a Virginia mansion, and witnesses a brutal crime involving the president—a man who believes he can get away with anything.
In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginia countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a two-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith not only in justice, but in...
In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginia countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a two-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith not only in justice, but in...
4) The Outsider
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
"An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective...
6) Forensics
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to forensics, and looks at cases in which forensic dentistry, forensic ballistics, computer forensics, facial reconstruction, and fingerprinting were used to solve crimes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how blood analysis is used to solve crimes, including the tests performed by lab technicians on samples to determine blood type and other characteristics, and finding, saving and interpreting blood evidence.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A renowned forensic scientist and an acclaimed mystery writer explore five notorious cases, including the Phil Spector murder trial, genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the murder of a nun in Ohio, and the shooting of a Connecticut state trooper.
11) What lies behind
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Waking to sirens in the night is hardly unusual for Samantha Owens. No longer a medical examiner, she doesn't lose sleep over them, but a routine police investigation in her neighborhood has her curious. When her homicide detective friend, Darren Fletcher, invites her to look over the evidence, she jumps at the chance and immediately realizes the crime scene has been staged. What seems to be a clear case of murder/suicide--a crime of passion--is...
12) Ballistics
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the science of ballistics, including the types of weapons and ammunition used in crimes, clues guns and bullets leave behind, techniques used by ballistics experts, and how ballistics evidence is used to solve crimes.
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this book you'll have a chance to test your own crime-solving talent with some challenging hands-on forensics activities. Young readers are introduced to forensic science in a format that is easy to read and use. Contains kid-tested cool projects that will have children investigating and loving it.
Author
Series
Twin Peaks (Mark Frost) volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From the co-creator of the landmark series, the story millions of fans have been waiting to get their hands on for 25 long years.
A vastly layered, wide-ranging history that deepens the mysteries of the iconic town in ways that will thrill disciples of the original series, and will prep fans for the upcoming Showtime series like nothing else out there.
Four original TWIN PEAKS cast members- Kyle MacLachlan, Russ Tamblyn, Michael Horse, and David...
20) Forensic science
Author
Series
Publisher
Dk Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Learn about the history of forensic science and the many ways scientists use to solve crimes, from fingerprinting to DNA samples.