{"product_id":"the-poisoners-handbook-deborah-blum-9780143118824","title":"The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eEqual parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Poisoner's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Poisoner's Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e--NPR: What We're Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, \u003ci\u003eThe Poisoner's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2014, PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on \u003ci\u003eThe Poisoner's Handbook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Blum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014311882X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143118824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/21\/2011 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2011 pg. 24","brand":"Deborah Blum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053810610431,"sku":"9780143118824","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ee0f9ef-20ae-4fd7-b308-7c31f4d91967.jpg?v=1685026374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poisoners-handbook-deborah-blum-9780143118824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}