
The Blooding
The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting"
Joseph Wambaugh(Author)
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-553-76330-0 (ISBN)
Description
Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough. Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains unsolved. Three years later the killer strikes again, raping and strangling teenager Dawn Ashforth only a stone's throw from where Lynda was so brutally murdered. But it will take four years, a scientific breakthrough, the largest manhunt in British crime annals, and the blooding of more than four thousand men before the real killer is found.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-76330-0 (9780553763300)
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Joseph Wambaugh
The Blooding
The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting"
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Bantam Books
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Person
Joseph Wambaugh is the hard-hitting bestselling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world. He was a police officer with the LAPD for 14 years before retiring in 1974, during which time he published three bestselling novels. Over the course of his career, Wambaugh has been the author of more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, all written in his gritty, distinctive noir-ish style. He's won multiple Edgar Awards, and several of his books have been made into feature films and TV movies. He lives in California with his wife.