While many true-crime books suffer from stale prose, Dawson’s writing is remarkable in that it never uses the crutch of false suspense but also doesn’t skimp on valuable details… An entertaining, absorbing combination of biography and true crime.”

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Anthony, Barry (2012). Chaplin's Music Hall: The Chaplins and their Circle in the Limelight. I. B. Tauris & Co. p.175. In a few short miles one passes from sea level to mountain top, each region abounding in the wild creatures and plants peculiar to it," Allene wrote about Stanford's role as a game refuge. Professors and scholars at Stanford University continued to teach classes and conduct research. Endowments suffered, but athletics and academics had expanded. The city relied on the university's faculty and staff to spend money-and they did. Around nine that morning Allene Thorpe Lamson untangled her brown hair with her fingers, gently dividing it into sections and then weaving two long braids. Wrapped in her cotton nightgown, she gazed into the mirror hanging on the vanity in the couple's small master bedroom. Allene was a natural beauty, with a slender figure, pale skin, dark hair, and chocolate-colored eyes, but her most attractive feature was her mind. She had received both a bachelor's and master's degree from Stanford University, an impressive achievement for anyone in the 1930s, particularly a woman. Allene had belonged to myriad campus organizations-a leader in the Delta Delta Delta sorority as well as the women's national journalism fraternity, Theta Sigma Phi. She was president of the Peninsula Women's Stanford Club. Allene Lamson's gruesome death would soon attract more attention than her quiet, ordinary life. Her friendships and her marriage would offer morbid fodder for a scandal-hungry press and a politically savvy prosecutor. Most of Allene's friends didn't realize that her gracious smile had hidden some troubling secrets, but soon everyone would know. She was married to a killer-even he had admitted it. And soon newspapers across America would accuse David Lamson of murdering Allene, too. But that narrative would unfurl later. For another few minutes Allene Thorpe Lamson would lie alone, dying in warm bathwater.The titles, written in six different languages, would intrigue any intellectual. Blood, Urine, Faeces and Moisture: A Book of Tests, read one cover. Arsenic in Papers and Fabrics, read another. He even owned a tattered dictionary of slang used by criminals. They seemed unrelated, a cache of mismatched textbooks in the library of a brilliant madman. But each was a tiny piece belonging to a bigger puzzle that only he could assemble. The portrait of a genius and the tumultuous era in which he lived began to emerge.

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So, when I found this book at another Little Free Library, I was instantly intrigued. I couldn’t help but wonder… a b c "Jim French Productions". jimfrenchproductions.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. The author writes in a narrative style, drawing the reader in. Her storytelling flow keeps the book easy to read, especially as a non-fiction book. Each of the cases that Dawson so skillfully recreates is more engaging than the next, all hurtling towards the final, unforgettable murder that challenges us with the question that haunts the entire book: can guilt or innocence really dangle on a scientific measurement? This is the best kind of true crime: the story of a good person who tries their best—as a real, fallible human being—against an unrelenting tide of evil.” Lyndsay Faye, author of Gods of Gotham and Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. WatsonThrough excerpts of Heinrich’s letters to friends, readers are given a closer and more private view of his personality. He could be scornful of his competitors and their methods, always feeling that his approach was the best. He tried his best to support his family on his income, but it never seemed enough. Heinrich’s personality comes to life in this book through his letters and testimonies, showing readers a man that was both arrogant and admirable and who just wanted to get the correct verdict.

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Kate Winkler Dawson is a seasoned documentary producer, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, WCBS News and ABC News Radio, PBS NewsHour, and Nightline. She is the author of Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City and teaches journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Kate Winkler Dawson is an unbelievable crime historian and such a talented storyteller. ' Karen Kilgariff, cohost of the My Favorite Murder podcast 'Heinrich changed criminal investigations forever, and anyone fascinated by the myriad detective series and TV shows about forensics will want to read [this].' The Washington Post 'An entertaining, absorbing combination of biography and true crime.' Kirkus Many thanks to Penguin Group and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. A fascinating book worthy of being associated with the title’s literary sleuth. Readers will want a follow-up so they can discover more of Heinrich’s cases as told through Dawson’s great storytelling. For fans of Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and other true crime works.” —Library Journal Holmes is tangentially referred to in an unfinished play by L. Frank Baum and Emerson Hough called The King of Gee-Whiz (1905).From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century. She needed something to occupy her mind," David explained to a friend. "She was not satisfied to be home." Like Holmes, Heinrich also had his Watson—a librarian named John Boynton Kaiser. The two friends didn't actually work together but they corresponded for most of their lives, discussing books, cases Heinrich was working on and personal struggles. Unlike some of Heinrich's rivals, Kaiser didn't seem to mind Heinrich's ego (which raises another key similarity with Holmes). I also found it interesting – and more than a little ironic - that the one thing Heinrich couldn't do was to write detective fiction, despite his ardent desire to do so. As readers, we are introduced to the beginning of forensic techniques that are still used by police today – including detector tests, fingerprint analysis and ballistics – and how they assist in cases. The Lamsons were a modish couple, both hailing from well-respected families. David was from Cupertino, California-his mother and two sisters lived nearby, one of whom was a well-known physician with her own medical practice. Their friends were some of the most moneyed figures in Palo Alto-there was a chemist with the National Research Council, a metallurgical engineer, a journalism professor, and an attorney. One of their closest confidants was socialite Louise Dunbar, President Hoover's glamorous niece, who cavorted with the city's bluebloods.

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Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's earliest criminologists. He was also a meticulous record keeper, allowing Dawson to recreate his fascinating life story....Those interested in the development of modern forensics will be enthralled.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster. From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale" - Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century. Dawson writes in a narrative style, drawing the reader into the story with little details that may or may not have happened. Her storytelling flow keeps the book easy to read; however, some might find the style distracting from the facts of the cases.