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Carla Valentine

Biography

Carla Valentine

Carla Valentine has a certificate and diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology and, during her eight-year mortuary career, continued her professional development by studying forensic anthropology and taking part in skeletal excavations in Belgium and Venice. She writes and researches themes around sex and death on her blog entitled "The Chick and the Dead." She also runs a dating and networking site for death professionals called Dead Meet.

Carla Valentine

Books by Carla Valentine

The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
by Carla Valentine - Nonfiction, Science, True Crime

Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one --- or, more commonly, several --- dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind violent crimes, the clues that inevitably are left behind, and the people who put the pieces together to solve the mystery invite the reader to analyze the evidence and race to find the answer before the detective does. Christie wouldn't have talked of "forensics" as it is understood today, but in each tale she harnesses the power of human observation, ingenuity and scientific developments of the era. A fascinating, science-based deep dive, THE SCIENCE OF MURDER examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, blood spatter analysis, toxicology and more in Christie's beloved works.