Forensics: true stories from Australian police files. Vikki Petraitis. 2009.

Vikki Petraitis has interviewed police from Australian forensics, fingerprints, homicide and criminal investigation units, resulting in chilling stories such as these: 

• the forensic evidence that identified the hit-run driver who killed a child
• the investigators in the 1980s who used ‘new DNA fingerprinting’ technology to identify the killer of multiple victims
• ’Poison Ivy’, the woman who drugged and robbed lonely, vulnerable men
• the Chinese student who was murdered in cold blood on the street

These fascinating cases show the key role that forensic evidence plays in solving crimes, and highlight the determination of investigators to identify the perpetrators of these crimes.