{"product_id":"the-dead-speak","title":"The Dead Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this empathetic and darkly funny memoir, Thomas Coyle one of New Zealand's most seasoned forensic investigators pulls back the police tape \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand walks us straight into the crime scenes. With sharp detail, he reveals how the tiniest fragment of evidence can expose a suspect, prove a motive, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econfirm an identity. Sometimes, all at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut crime scenes are only part of his story. The Dead Speak also plunges us into the world of disaster victim identification a discipline where time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escience, and compassion collide. Where forensic experts are flung into a race against time to identify bodies in makeshift morgues as desperate families \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewait for news of their loved ones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom meticulous casework at New Scotland Yard to the chaos of the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand and the devastation of the 2011 Christchurch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eearthquake, The Dead Speak is both a gripping insider's account of forensic investigation and an unflinching portrait of humanity at its best and worst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFair warning, though: it's not for the faint-hearted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a career spanning more than three decades, over 20,000 crime scenes and disaster victim identification for the New Zealand police, Thomas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoyle MNZM is one of New Zealand's foremost forensic experts. His memoir charts not just the evolution of forensic science, but the extraordinary life of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea man who has made the dead speak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Coyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49263796224251,"sku":"9781991142382","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781991142382_jpg_ab550ae0-6b8b-4cc4-a91b-ff5c1cbfae19.webp?v=1788495053","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/the-dead-speak","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}