A review by lakecake
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

4.0

This was a really interesting book, a review of the Medical Examiner's Office in New York City during the 1900's through 1930's. The book itself is really good--using fascinating examples of crime from a different age, and weaving in the background of the people in the city and in the office. The narrator of this version makes some mistakes that are really jarring and brought me out of the story with regularity, so I'd recommend getting the actual book versus this version.