Written In Blood: Detectives And Detection

Description for WRITTEN IN BLOOD: DETECTIVES AND DETECTION by Colin Wilson:

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? WHY DO THEY DO IT? HOW ARE THEY FINALLY STOPPED?

They are the murderers, torturers, and sex criminals...people who were driven to kill and maim, going to fantastic lengths to cover up their deeds. In this shocking international compendium of true crime, Colin Wilson chronicles the rampages of these evil bloodletters---and the lawmen who have used their instincts, their cunning, and the advances in the science of criminal detection to bring the guilty to justice.

*In 1905 Andreas Schlicher committed a murder and beheading. Police used Chemical analysis to expose his guilt.

*In 1892 an Argentine woman murdered her two young children---the first murder ever to be solved through the use of fingerprints.

*An English petty criminal shot out the eyes of a police officer. One microscopic flaw in his gun barrel led to his conviction.

*in 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard was retried for the brutal slaying of his wife. A splattering of blood would mean acquittal or conviction.

From the invention of the microscope to the first undercover cop, from the development of forensic evidence to some of the most incredible needle-in-the-haystack solutions ever, here are the landmark cases in the unceasing duel of wits between the killer and the detective, a story...WRITTEN IN BLOOD