investigation

Presents a comprehensive examination of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream," a seventy-two million dollar painting stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on the opening day of the Winter Olympics, and describes the extensive investigation led by American art detective and undercover cop, Charley Hill.

Describes the work of forensic scientists in crime investigations, discussing crime scenes, trace evidence, ballistics, handwriting, blood, DNA, bones, fingerprints, and the presentation of evidence in trials.

The author interviews a number of experts from various stages of the criminal justice process in order to establish the vast differences between the ways in which forensic science is portrayed on television and reality.

Tells the parallel stories of the skepticism and incredulity that accompanied Guglielmo Marconi's invention of wireless communication in the late nineteenth century, and the investigation of the murder of an inconvenient wife by her love-starved husband, Dr. H.H. Crippen, who would likely have pulled off the perfect crime had it not been for the ability to send wireless transatlantic transmissions.

Recounts the true story of the 1955 murders of three Chicago boys and the ATF agents who, forty years after the crime was committed, launched their own investigation and tracked down the killer.

Offers an hour-by-hour account of the search for John Wilkes Booth in the days following his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how digital and cyber crimes such as spoofing, phishing, and hacking and more conventional crimes can be solved through computer investigation.

Presents a journalistic account of the murder investigation of Celeste Beard and Tracey Tarlton for the 2000 killing of Steven Beard in Austin, Texas.

Recounts the true story of the 1999 scandal in the small Texas town of Tulia, where more than forty African-American men and women were arrested for dealing drugs and later convicted based soley on the testimony of an undercover officer who was later exposed as a liar.

Provides narrative accounts of ten real-life crimes of passion.