{"product_id":"an-expert-witness","title":"An Expert Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the UK’s leading forensic scientist and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWritten in Bone:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea gripping exploration of forensic science, told through often shocking real cases to assess its triumphs, failures, and future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNo scientist communicates better\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.’ Val McDermid, award-winning author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDetective Karen Pirie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over forty years, Professor Dame Sue Black has analysed criminal evidence at the highest level. As the UK’s leading forensic scientist, she has stood in court as an expert witness, repeatedly putting her research and reputation on the line, all in the name of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Expert Witness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e she puts forensic science itself on trial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on shocking real cases and true crime, from historic poisonings to modern sexual offences, Sue Black traces the evolution of forensic science, from early identification methods to more recent breakthroughs such as DNA profiling, Sue’s own vein identification research, and the emerging role of artificial intelligence in criminal investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe shows where science has delivered justice, and where failures have led to devastating consequences, including wrongful convictions such as that of Andrew Malkinson, imprisoned for seventeen years for a crime he did not commit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAs she reflects on life serving as an expert witness, Sue looks back at landmark cases to tell the story of forensic science, ask questions for its future, and explain why this book marks the close of a defining chapter in one of the most extraordinary careers in modern forensic science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Professor Dame Sue Black:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Gripping from the start . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efascinating in its detail of real life cases and written with a narrative that propels you forward to the next page.’ Dr Richard Shepherd, forensic pathologist and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dame Sue Black writes about life and death with great tenderness [and] with impeccable science lucidly explained . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI am genuinely glad I read this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.’ Lee Child, bestselling author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReacher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Part meditation, part popular science and part memoir . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efascinating’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Black writes with rare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eprecision and compassion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘For someone who deals in death every day, Sue Black has a rare ability to make blood and bones come alive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA marvellous writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ Ruth Davidson, SMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Utterly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003egripping’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57169277911413,"sku":"978-1529960877","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/019c4681-3363-4d7e-a33b-62bfe54fc035.jpg?v=1778588345","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/an-expert-witness","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}