What the Dead Know

Barbara Butcher's memoir recounts three decades as a forensic death investigator for New York City's medical examiner's office, examining thousands of bodies across homicides, accidents, disasters and the September 11 recovery effort. The book offers an unflinching, ultimately humane account of mortality, forensic science and a pioneering woman's determined career in a relentlessly grim but vital profession.

ISBN 9781982179403 · Cengage Gale · 2023