Deborah Bloom explores the tremendous advancements made during the Jazz Age to chemistry and the ability to detect the minutest amounts of poison, often until then a killer's favorite method.
We will meet on the third Monday of every month, except one month during the summer. This will be a great way to discover new and classic True Crime writing.
This month we will be discussing "The Poisoner's Handbook" by Deborah Bloom.
From Amazon:
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.
We will meet on the third Monday of every month, except July & December. This will be a great way to discover new and classic True Crime writing.
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