Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek, T.J. Mitchell

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek, T.J. Mitchell

272 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science dark informative fast-paced

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“Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human be...

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