This I saw one day walking through Costco and just grabbed it and put in it my cart. This is the story of the beginnings of forensic science, in particular the beginnings of forensic toxicology. It is told through the cases solved by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office in the 1920s mostly, as the dedicated, and undervalued employees there solved cases of poisonings with all new and never tried methods. It's the kind of non fiction I like best, where you learn the science through the stories, and the stories were pretty tasty.
I also learned that there was a speakeasy operator during prohibition called Belle Guinan or Texas Guinan. According to the internet (and we know we can't really believe the internet) this was, in fact, the inspiration for Star Trek's Guinan. Just so you know. (In another book, Cutting for Stone, I learned that Ferengi is an Ethiopian word meaning foreigner. Who knew you could learn so much about Star Trek from reading non-Star Trek related books!)
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