Download or read book Moorland Forensics Aftershock written by Julie D. Jones and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early years of the New Millennium. The High Veldt on the Dark Continent. A young family is ripped apart by a brutal, pre-meditated home invasion. The unknown assailants escaping into the night. Fifteen years later the South West of England is rocked by a series of devastating, suspected terrorist bombings, putting the nation on high alert. Investigations uncover connections to these tragedies with a catastrophic IRA car bombing in Northern Ireland a generation earlier. The team at Moorland Forensic Consultants battle conflicts of interests and personal crises as they work with government scientists and a compromised, faltering local law enforcement to bring the bombers to justice.

Download or read book Moorland Forensics Devil s Realm written by Julie D. Jones and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a searing summer's day on an idyllic beach in South Devon, a young boy plunges to a horrific death from the overlanding cliffs, the tragic event graphically captured on film by the enigmatic Salcombe painter and entrepreneur Lois St John. Five years later, the boy's father suffers the identical fate at the same location. Called to the scene, Moorland Forensic Consultants uncover a prophetic link between Liam Mercer's fatal fall and a controversial painting of his son's death titled 'Falling Memories'. James, Fiona and Katie Sinclair draw upon their professional expertise as a string of mysterious deaths follow. They uncover a web of corruption and foul play, which leads to the very top of the judicial system and the international art world. Moorland Forensics work in conjunction with DCI Mick Rose and high-profile Home Office forensic practitioner Nick Shelby to uncover the truth behind the murders, all set within the stunning landscape of the Salcombe Coast and the South Hams.

Download or read book Moorland Forensics A Gathering of Angels written by Julie D. Jones and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: December 1971 – The dark days of the short but brutal Indian-Pakistan War. In an East Bengali village near the front lines, a young Pakistani girl hurrying home from a shopping errand witnesses her family home destroyed, her parents killed in an indiscriminate rocket attack by Pakistan fighter bombers. In 1997, the body of a teenage schoolboy is dragged from the River Dart in South Devon. Several years later both dramatic events will have dire consequences for celebrated author Miles Betteridge and respected pathologist Margo Betteridge. Whilst the Devon CID buckle under the onslaught of a series of vicious and cleverly planned rapes and murders paralysing the Southwest, the team at Moorland Forensic Consultants struggle to cope with a new team member. Working in conjunction with DCI Will Parker, things reach a thrilling climax and finally the truth behind events long ago on the subcontinent come to light. Doctor James Sinclair and sibling forensic psychologist Katie battle to hold the business together amidst devastating professional and personal upheaval.

Download or read book Forensic Geoscience written by Kenneth Pye and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forensic geoscience is an increasingly important sub-discipline within geoscience and forensic science. Although minerals, soils, dusts and rock fragments have been used as only begun to be recognized in the last ten years or so. The police and other investigative bodies are keen to encourage such developments in the fight against crime, particularly since many criminals show a high level of forensic awareness with regard to evidence such as fingerprints, blood and other body fluids. The papers in this volume illustrate some of the main principles, techniques and applications in current forensic geoscience, covering research and casework in the UK and internationally. The techniques described range from macro-scale field geophysical investigations to micro-scale laboratory studies of the chemical and textural properties of individual particles. In addition to forensic applications, many of these techniques have broad utility in geological, geomorphological, soil science and archaeological research.

Download or read book Soil in Criminal and Environmental Forensics written by Henk Kars and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory volume to a new series on Soil Forensics gives a kaleidoscopic view of a developing forensic expertise. Forensic practitioners and academic researchers demonstrate, by their joint contributions, the extent and complexity of soil forensics. their reports exemplify the broad range of sciences and techniques applied in all stages of forensic soil examinations, from investigations at crime scenes to providing evidence that can be used in court proceedings. Moreover the necessity is depicted of co-operation as a condition for any work in soil forensics between scientists of different disciplines, but no less between scientists and law enforcers.Soils play a role in environmental crimes and liability, as trace evidence in criminal investigations and, when searching for and evaluating, buried human remains. This book shows soil forensics as practiced in this legal context, emerging and solidifying in many countries all over the world, differing in some respects because of differences in legal systems but ultimately sharing common grounds.

Download or read book Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains written by John Hunter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of forensic archaeology has developed over recent years from being a branch of conventional archaeology into a well-established discipline in its own right. Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains takes an innovative approach to the subject by placing the role of the forensic archaeologist within the wider forensic environment; it identifies new areas of interdisciplinary research and practice, and evaluates practical difficulties. The authors see this book as a reflection of the subject’s development, and as a knowledge base for the next generation of forensic archaeologists. Areas covered include: Search logistics, integration and specialist search scenarios Levels of confidence in site search and elimination Urban and rural landscape reconstruction in both short and long term cases The integration of cadaver dogs and earth-moving machinery The recovery of multiple evidence types Sampling strategies, spatial relevance and dating Multiple burial scenarios As part of the Essential Forensic Science book series this book will provide students and practitioners alike with an invaluable resource outlining both the major developments in the discipline, as well as original approaches to the search for, and recovery of buried remains.

Download or read book Conscientia written by Scott Callum and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Lieutenant Moorland finds himself ensnared in a chilling escape room, a twisted reenactment of a past he’s struggled to forget. As he navigates this deadly labyrinth, he’s haunted by an unsolved case: a string of gruesome murders where each victim bears a violent message and suffers horrific mutilation. But is this all a smokescreen designed to mislead him? As Moorland delves deeper, he uncovers a disturbing pattern. These acts of savagery aren’t new; they’re part of a horrifying legacy. He must grapple with a lethal blend of morality and methodology to unravel the mystery. But the clock is ticking, the bodies are piling up, and the stakes are skyrocketing. Engulfed in a web of dark secrets and manipulation, Moorland faces suspects as cunning as himself. Will he discover not just who is committing these heinous crimes, but also the puppet master behind the curtain? Navigating this perilous path could be the most harrowing journey of his career, leading him to a truth so soaked in blood it’s indelible. Time is running out. In a game of intellect versus malevolence, will Moorland’s keen mind be enough to bring a killer, and whoever is pulling their strings, to justice?

Download or read book Moorland Forensics written by Julie D. Jones and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder is afoot in the Southwest, again. Muriel Jennings, elderly mother and owner of the successful Jennings Clay Company, has met a premature end; survived only by her children and business partners Stella and Mark. James, Katie and Fiona Sinclair, at Moorland Forensic Consultants, have been tasked with assisting the investigation. After attending a meeting at Muriel's book club in Bovey, Katie learns the last book to be read; The Sinners Daughter by Lillian Webster - the story of Ted Cartwright who murdered five women in his remote home on Dartmoor a little over fifteen years ago. The more she uncovers about the lives of those close to Muriel, her family, her business associates and her book club, convinces Katie of parallels between the Jennings and the Cartwright cases. Could the two be linked - fact or fiction? Julie D. Jones delivers a murder-mystery set in Devon in which the landscape is as alive as the characters breathing in her prose. Moorland Forensics, Bound by Polaris is an intelligent piece of fiction that will have you guessing until the death.

Download or read book DNA Crime Investigations written by Stephen Wade and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crime historian explores groundbreaking cold-case investigations, the advent of DNA evidence, and its role in long-delayed convictions and exonerations. When geneticist, Professor Alec Jeffreys worked with Leicestershire police on the 1986 case against Colin Pitchfork—the first person convicted of murder based on DNA evidence—a revolution started in the application of forensic expertise. Since then there have been several major cases in which long-standing murders and rapes have been revisited by teams of cold case detectives. Armed with DNA sampling, they have changed the landscape of criminal investigation, as well as the fates of those who thought they could get away with murder, and those who were wrongly convicted. From initial and intensive DNA lab work to the final serving of justice, true crime historian Stephen Wade examines some of the most high-profile cases of recent years: the controversial suspect in the murder of Rachel Nickell in London; the unsolved slayings of schoolchildren Keith Lyon and Lesley Molseed; the notorious World’s End pub killings; the erroneous charges against the “Cardiff Three”; the fate of Sean Hodgson, subject of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in English history; and many more.

Download or read book Moorland Forensics Conspiracy of Souls written by Julie D Jones and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986 young investigative reporter for the Newton Abbot Star and daughter of wealthy philanthropist Lord Ilbert-Tavistock tragically disappears under mysterious circumstances, never to be seen again. Over 30 years later the fresh graves of two teenage girls are uncovered on the desolate wastes of Dartmoor, followed by the sadistic murder of a City art expert, sending shockwaves through the South West. Contracted to assist the police task force; siblings James, Fiona and Katie Sinclair at Moorland Forensic Consultants uncover links to the murders with the medieval Benedictine Priory of St Oswald's and tumultuous events from the battlefields of WW2. With the police close to admitting defeat and pressure mounting from an outraged media, in a last-ditch effort the team travels to Southern Germany to obtain vital evidence. Moorland Forensics race against the clock to prevent more deaths, whilst James is battling his own demons, taking things one step too far.

Download or read book Forensics written by Zakaria Erzinclioglu and published by . This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Children of the Revolution written by Peter Robinson and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Canada's premier, bestselling crime fiction writer, the twenty-first book in the much-loved Inspector Banks series, now a television series on PBS, for readers of Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly. A disgraced college lecturer is found murdered with £5,000 in his pocket on a disused railway line near his home. Since being dismissed from his job for sexual misconduct four years previously, he has been living a poverty-stricken and hermit-like existence in this isolated spot. There are many suspects, mostly at the college where he used to teach, but Banks, much to the chagrin of Detective Chief Superintendent Gervaise, soon becomes fixated on Lady Veronica Chalmers, who appears to have links with the victim going back to the early '70s at the University of Essex, then a hotbed of political activism. When Banks suspects that Lady Chalmers is not telling him the whole truth and pushes his inquiries a bit too far, he is brought on the carpet and warned to lay off. He must continue to conduct his investigation surreptitiously, under the radar, with the help of new DC Geraldine Masterson, while DI Annie Cabbot and DS Winsome Jackman continue to rattle skeletons at Eastvale College. When the breakthroughs come, they are not the ones that Banks and his team expected, and everything turns in a different direction, and moves into higher gear.

Download or read book Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics written by Karl Ritz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils have important roles to play in criminal and environmental forensic science. Since the initial concept of using soil in forensic investigations was mooted by Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories prior to real-world applications, this branch of forensic science has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. New techniques in chemical, physical, biological, ecological and spatial analysis, coupled with informatics, are being applied to reducing areas of search by investigators, site identification, site comparison and measurement for the eventual use as evidence in court. Soils can provide intelligence, in assisting the determination of the provenance of samples from artifacts, victims or suspects, enabling their linkage to locations or other evidence. They also modulate change in surface or buried cadavers and hence affect the ability to estimate post-mortem or post-burial intervals, and locate clandestine graves. This interdisciplinary volume explores the conceptual and practical interplay of soil and geoforensics across the scientific, investigative and legal fields. Supported by reviews, case-studies from across the world, and reports of original research, it demonstrates the increasing convergence of a wide range of knowledge. It covers conceptual issues, evidence (from recovery to use in court), geoforensics, taphonomy, as well as leading-edge technologies. The application of the resultant soil forensics toolbox is leading to significant advances in improving crime detection, and environmental and national security.

Download or read book Secret Remains written by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cold case murder, a grisly discovery, and a viper's nest of resentment, betrayal, and dirty secrets converge in this mystery perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs and Jayne Ann Krentz. It's been 12 years since Sandi Parkman went missing after being dropped off at home by her schoolmate, Nick Larson, now the Sheriff of Freeport, Michigan. When a construction crew unearths Sandi's bones--along with Nick's letterman jacket and one of his hairs--Nick becomes suspect number one in the murder. Dr. Emily Hartford, the daughter of Freeport's medical examiner, is called in to investigate, but the case is about to get personal. Nick was Emily's high school love, and now she has to either clear his name--or contend that he's the killer. As she delves into the case, a host of other suspects emerge: a coterie of Nick's jock friends from high school; Sandi's sister, Tiffany, now a dancer at a local strip club; and James VanDerMuellen, a trust funder who's recently returned to Freeport. As the autumn skies darken over Freeport and the holiday season looms, Emily must sift through more than Sandi's brittle bones to solve the case. Can she exonerate Nick--and rekindle their long-smoldering romance? The race is on to find the truth.

Download or read book Sorting the Beef from the Bull written by Richard Evershed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot... Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infants' milk in China, nut shells in spices – these are just some examples of the food fraud that has occurred in recent years. As our urban lifestyle takes us further and further away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity and profit-making short-cuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether it's a matter of making a good quality oil stretch a bit further by adding a little extra 'something' or labelling a food falsely to appeal to current consumer trends – it's all food fraud, and it costs the food industry billions of dollars each year. The price to consumers may be even higher, with some paying for these crimes with their health and, in some cases, their lives. Sorting the Beef from the Bull is a collection of food fraud tales from around the world. It explains the role of science in uncovering some of the century's biggest food scams, and explores the arms race between food forensics and fraudsters as new methods of detection spur more creative and sophisticated means of committing the crimes. This book equips us with the knowledge of what is possible in the world of food fraud and shines a light on the shady areas of our food supply system where these criminals lurk.

Download or read book Falling Creatures written by Katherine Stansfield and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornwall, 1844. On a lonely moorland farm not far from Jamaica Inn, farmhand Shilly finds love in the arms of Charlotte Dymond. But Charlotte has many secrets, possessing powers that cause both good and ill. When she's found on the moor with her throat cut, Shilly is determined to find out who is responsible, and so is the stranger calling himself Mr Williams who asks for Shilly's help. Mr Williams has secrets too, and Shilly is thrown into the bewildering new world of modern detection.

Download or read book Moorland Forensics Bound by Polaris written by Julie D. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: