How trustworthy is fingerprinting? How do insects help determine the time of a kill? How are political and war criminals found in portraits made with aging in mind? In this book, the world-famous Scottish writer, author of detective stories Val McDermid changes roles and undertakes her own investigation. Its heroes are detective geniuses and ordinary policemen, great scientists and painstaking experts. High-profile cases that became the basis for movie plots, serial killers, victims of unhappy love or extreme sexual games, arsonists, molesters, scammers, marriage swindlers ... And the search for truth. Before us unfolds a long history of forensic science - from the forensic science of ancient China to DNA profiling - with its mistakes and victories, when, after many years, it is possible to find a criminal and give freedom to an innocent convict.
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