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    The Real Silent Witnesses
    The Real Silent Witnesses
    The Real Silent Witnesses
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Real Silent Witnesses

    Written by Wensley Clarkson

    Narrated by Ben Onwukwe

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    About this audiobook

    WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESS

    Going beyond the popular TV show, this is the true story of forensic science from those who solve crimes without witnesses.

    How do you identify a serial killer?

    What are the tell-tale signs of guilt?

    Can we now solve the unsolvable?

    Since even before the first season of Silent Witness in 1996, forensic science has played an increasingly important role in the investigation of violent crimes.

    With a boom in cold-blooded cases throughout the 1980s, police began to rely on DNA evidence to help them find perpetrators and since then forensic science has taken off as a powerful tool in solving murders. Bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson takes us beyond the headlines to examine the real-life stories where forensics have played a crucial role. He speaks to experts who have worked on the most gruesome, most chilling and most shocking crime scenes and explains how notorious criminal cases from across the world were solved.

    And he shows how the silent witness is often the one who screams the loudest.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd.
    Release dateMay 20, 2021
    ISBN9781004046836
    The Real Silent Witnesses
    Author

    Wensley Clarkson

    Wensley Clarkson has been a writer and investigative journalist all his working life. His career has taken him from local newspapers to many of the world's most prestigious newspapers and magazines. He is author of such True Crime Library titles The Railroad Killer, The Mother's Day Murder, Women Behind Bars and The Good Doctor.

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      Loved this book, well presented and narrated. The narration may be by some to be considered slow but I thought it gave me time to think about the cases being discussed. Some narration is too fast and does not give justice to the subject matter. Good listen