The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (English Edition)

Deborah Blum

Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —The New York Observer. “The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times. “Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats ti…