***PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on "The
Poisoner's Handbook "in January 2014***
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science
thriller, "The Poisoner's Handbook" is "a vicious, page-turning
story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie"
("The New York Observer")
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and
murder, "The Poisoner's Handbook" is a page-turning account of a
forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered
an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the
Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran
rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner
Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together
with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system
on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work,
triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of
forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.
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