The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases by De

Description: The Skeleton Crew by Deborah Halber Mary Roach meets C.S.I. in this "lively study thats part whodunit, part sociological study...The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives" (Publishers Weekly).Currently, upwards of forty thousand people in America are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated from their names, are being adopted by the bizarre online world of amateur sleuths. Its DIY CSI, solving cold cases from the comfort of your living room... In an "absorbing look at a very odd corner of our world" (The Seattle Times), The Skeleton Crew provides an entree into the gritty and tumultuous world of Sherlock Holmes-wannabes who race to beat out law enforcement--and one another--at matching missing persons with unidentified remains. These web sleuths pore over facial reconstructions (a sort of Facebook for the dead) and other online clues as they vie to solve cold cases and tally up personal scorecards of dead bodies. There is "no better guide for navigating this multifaceted world than Deborah Halbers book" (Psychology Today), and The Skeleton Crew probes the macabre underside of the Internet and how even the most ordinary citizen with a laptop and a knack for puzzles can reinvent herself as a web sleuth. "Engaging and artful" (Los Angeles Times Review of Books), this witty and insightful look at the fleeting nature of identity is "brilliant" (The Wall Street Journal). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Deborah Halber is a Boston-based journalist whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe; Technology Review; the interactive, illustrated digital magazine Symbolia; and many university publications. A native New Yorker, she received her BA from Brandeis University and an MA in journalism from New York University. A member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Mystery Writers of America, and the National Association of Science Writers, she has chronicled breakthroughs in neuroscience, molecular biology, energy, and technology at MIT and Tufts, but is most enthralled with "quantum weirdness," worm longevity, cell undertakers, and the properties of snail slime. Visit her at DeborahHalber.com. Review "A lively study thats part whodunit, part sociological study. . . . The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives." Review Quote " The Skeleton Crew is a carefully crafted account of an intriguing new opportunity for arm chair sleuths. Thanks to the Internet, anyone with a computer, curiosity, patience, and a passion for justice can enter the dark world of missing persons and unsolved homicides. Its fascinating to learn how such matches are made and heartening to witness the growing cooperation between law enforcement and ordinary citizens whose persistence can sometimes crack the code in cold cases that have languished unresolved for years. I loved it." Details ISBN1451657595 Author Deborah Halber Short Title SKELETON CREW Pages 304 Publisher Simon & Schuster Language English ISBN-10 1451657595 ISBN-13 9781451657593 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-07-28 Subtitle How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving Americas Coldest Cases Imprint Simon & Schuster DEWEY 363.250973 Audience General UK Release Date 2015-07-28 Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2015-07-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137587577;

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