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Author Morgan, Kevin John, 1956-

Title Detective Piggott's casebook : true tales of murder, madness and the rise of forensic science / Kevin Morgan
Published Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, 2012

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Description viii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
regular print
Summary Welcome to hell, a world at war. The streets of old Melbourne are no longer a tidy grid but fractured with laneways like cracks in old varnish, a hotchpotch of chaos, of shanties and factories, woodpiles and chimneys, the city smouldering under its bludgeoned sky. Here, crime flourishes, the damaged fester and the wicked plot
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index
Subject Piggott, Frederick, 1874-1962.
Piggott, Frederick.
Crime -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 20th century.
Criminal investigation -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 20th century.
Criminal investigation -- Australia -- Victoria.
Forensic sciences -- Australia -- Victoria.
Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Victoria.
ISBN 1742702651 (paperback)
9781742702650 (paperback)