The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, Penguin Press, February 18, 2010

Drama unfolds case by case as the heroes of The Poisoner’s Handbook – chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler – investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, Barnum and Bailey’s Famous Blue Man, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others.

Read more raves for the Poisoner’s Handbook:

Publisher’s Weekly:
“The pacing and rich characterization of a first-rate suspense novelist.”

Kirkus:
“Caviar for true crime fans and science buffs alike.”

Newsday:
“As hard to walk away from as a CSI marathon”

NPR:
“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths.”

New Scientist:
“a fascinating rogue’s dispensary of poisons"

Newsweek:
“Will put CSI and Law and Order Writers to shame”

The Barnes and Noble Review:
“Extraordinary literary alchemy”

Caviar for true-crime fans and science buffs alike.