American Sherlock - Murder, forensics, and the birth of crime scene investigation

''Kate Winkler Dawson is an unbelievable crime historian and such a talented storyteller.'' Karen Kilgariff, cohost of the My Favorite Murder podcast''Heinrich changed criminal investigations forever, and anyone fascinated by the myriad detective series and TV shows about forensics will want to read [this].'' The Washington Post''An entertaining, absorbing combination of biography and true crime.'' Kirkus''Kate Winkler Dawson has researched both her subject and his cases so meticulously that her reconstructions and descriptions made me feel part of the action rather than just a reader and bystander. She has brought to life Edward Oscar Heinrich''s character, determination, and skill so vividly that one is left bemused that this man is so little known to most of us.'' Patricia Wiltshire, author of Traces and The Nature of Life and DeathBerkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities - beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners and hundreds of books - sat an investigator who would