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The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

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Monday, March 14, 2011 through Friday, March 25, 2011. Read by Norman Gilliland.

If only your high school chemistry class had been this good. It’s a fascinating account of two forensic pioneers in early 20th-century New York, and brings the art of chemistry to life.

(Penguin; ISBN-10: 1594202435 / ISBN13: 978-1594202438)

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